§ 288f-3. — Immunities for International Committee of the Red Cross.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC288f-3]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XVIII--PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 288f-3. Immunities for International Committee of the Red
Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross, in view of its unique
status as an impartial humanitarian body named in the Geneva Conventions
of 1949 and assisting in their implementation, shall be considered to be
an international organization for the purposes of this subchapter and
may be extended the provisions of this subchapter in the same manner, to
the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, as such provisions
may be extended to a public international organization in which the
United States participates pursuant to any treaty or under the authority
of any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an
appropriation for such participation.
(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, Sec. 13, as added Pub. L. 100-204,
title VII, Sec. 743, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1395.)
Executive Order
For executive orders relating to extension of certain privileges,
exemptions, and immunities to public international organizations, see
notes set out under section 288 of this title.
