From an article in todays' Washington Post, protections for US servicemen already negotiated into the treaty behind the ICC:

" The court must first defer to U.S. courts, which would investigate and prosecute soldiers accused of any crimes. A prosecutor would need to convince the court -- composed largely of judges from countries that are U.S. allies -- that the United States was conducting a sham prosecution before he or she could intervene.

Moreover, the U.N. Security Council -- where the United States has enormous influence -- has the ability to suspend a crime case for a renewable 12-month period.

The treaty also includes a clause, known as Article 98, that defers to what are called "status of force agreements." This gives the U.S. government the ability to negotiate individual immunity agreements with host governments when military units are stationed there, allowing exclusive jurisdiction for war crimes prosecution to U.S. military courts."

It is also indexed under: ICC | Law | Military | United Nations | War Crimes

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