No extradition to US, decides Jordan
The Lower House of Parliament on 14 July voted against an agreement already concluded between Amman and Washington, calling for the extradition of criminals to the US. Parliamentary speakers of different factions rejected the legislation in light of the US’ failure to ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) agreement, and calling it “harmful to Jordan’s sovereignty”. “Only Jordanians will be subject to the provisions of the agreement while Americans will be immune to any judicial proceedings,” said Mahmoud Kharabshe, a member of the Lower House’s standing legal committee. The ICC came into force in July 2002 under a treaty called the Rome Statute, which 98 countries had ratified by the end of March 2005.
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