TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 05-317 

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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 

Article 98 

 Agreement between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and ARMENIA 

Signed at Yerevan October 16, 2004 

 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
ARMENIA 

International Criminal Court: Article 98 

Agreement signed at Yerevan October 16, 2004; 

 Entered into force March 17, 2005. 
Agreement Between the United States of America and the

Republic of Armenia Regarding the Surrender of Persons to

International Tribunals

The United States of America and the Republic of Armenia,

hereinafter "the Parties,"

Reaffirming the importance of bringing to justice those who

commit genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes;

Considering that the Parties have each expressed their

intention to evaluate or investigate available information

regarding the facts and where appropriate prosecute war crimes,

crimes against humanity and genocide alleged to have been ,

-committed by their officials, employees, military personnel or

other nationals;

searing in mind Article IIof-the Agreement between the

Government of the UnitedStates of America and the Government

of the Republic of Armenia Regarding Cooperation to

Facilitate the Provision of Humanitarian and Technical

Economic ASsistance of December 15, 1992, and Article 8 of

the Agreement between the Government of the United States of

America and the Government of the Republic of Armenia

Concerning Cooperation in the Area of Counterproliferation of

Weapons of Mass Destruction of July 24, 2000, as well as

other agreements ("the Agreements`) currently in force

between the Parties that establish privileges, and the norms

of international law applicable in this matter; •

Noting.that in conformity with the Agreements the persons

covered thereunder, including military and civilian personnel,

are accorded status equivalent to that accorded to

administrative and technical personnel under Vienna Convention

on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 and enjoy immunity

from Armenian criminal jurisdiction, as a result of which their

surrender, by any means, to an international tribunal not

established or authorized by the United Nations SeCurity

Council, requires the express..censent of.the United States of

America:

Noting _that under international law, persons of the United

StateS of America who enjoy immunity from Armenian criminal

jurisdiction, including functional immunity, are not subject,

Within the terms of that immunity, to Armenian jurisdiction,

as a result of which their surrender, by any means, to an

international tribunal not established or authorized by the
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United Nations Security Council, requires the express consent of

the United States of America;

Noting that the term "Sending State" has been used in treaties

such as the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 and

in international law to distinguish.among states referenced;

Have herein agreed as follows, with the purpose both to restate

existing obligations in this matter and to reach agreement in

new areas;

Article 1

For purposeS of this Agreement, the term "person" means the

nationals of one Party, any current or former government

official, employee (including any contractor), or meMber of

the military of one Party, or any person of one Party who

enjoys immunity from criminal jurisdiction under international

law or who is subject in any manner to the jurisdiction of the

Sending State (either the united States of America or the

Republic of Armenia).

Article 2

A'person of one Party, the Sending State, shall not, absent the

express consent of that Party:

a) be surrendered or transferred by any means to any

international tribunal for . any purpose, unless such tribunal has

been established or authorized by the United Nations Security

Council, or

b) be surrendered or transferred by any means to any entity

or third country, or expelled to a third country, for the

purpose of surrender to. or transfer. to any international

tribunal, unless such tribunal has been established or

authorized by the United Nations Security Council.

Article 3

When the Republic of Armenia extradites, surrenders, or

otherwise transfers a person of the United States of Amerida

to a third country, the Republic of Armenia will not agree to

the surrender or transfer of that person by the third country to

any international tribunal, unless such tribunal has been

established or authorized by the United Nations Security
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Council, absent the express consent of the United States of

America."

Article 4

When the United States of America extradites, surrenders, or

otherwise transfers a person of the RepUblic of Armenia to a

third country, the United States of America will not agree to

the surrender or transfer of that person by the third country to

any international tribunal, unless such tribunal has been

established or authorized by the United Nations Security

Council, absent the express consent of the Republic of Armenia.

Article 5

This Agreement shall enter into force upon an exchange of

notes confirming that each Party has completed the necessary

domestic legal requirements to bring this Agreement into

force. It will remain in force until one year after the

date on which one Party notifies the other of its intent to

terminate this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement

shall continue to apply with respect to any act occurring, or

any allegation arising, before the effeCtive date of

termination.

DONE at Yerevan this sixteenth day of October, 2004, in

duplicate, in the'English and Armenian languages, both texts

being equally authentic,

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE EP BLIC OF ARMENIA:

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