treaties: 110-4

Treaties submitted to the Senate (Congresses 89–119), with countries, index terms, and resolution text.

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110-4 110 4 International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism Terrorism 2007-07-12T00:00:00Z     nuclear, td110-4, terrorism <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[110] TreatyRes. 36 for Treaty Doc.110 - 4" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[110] TreatyRes. 36 for Treaty Doc.110 - 4</title></head><body><p>As approved: </p><p>Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein),</p><p> SECTION 1. SENATE ADVICE AND CONSENT SUBJECT TO A RESERVATION, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND A DECLARATION</p><p> The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, adopted on April 13, 2005, and signed on behalf of the United States of America on September 14, 2005 (the "Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 110-4), subject to the reservation of section 2, the understandings of section 3, and the declaration of section 4.</p><p> SECTION 2. RESERVATION</p><p> The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following reservation, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification:</p><p>Pursuant to Article 23(2) of the Convention, the United States of America declares that it does not consider itself bound by Article 23(1) of the Convention.</p><p> SECTION 3. UNDERSTANDINGS</p><p> The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following understandings, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification:</p><p> (1) The United States of America understands that the term "armed conflict'' in Article 4 of the Convention does not include situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence, and other acts of a similar nature.</p><p> (2) The United States of America understands that the term "international humanitarian law'' in Article 4 of the Convention has the same substantive meaning as the law of war.</p><p> (3) The United States of America understands that, pursuant to Article 4 and Article 1(6), the Convention does not apply to: (a) the military forces of a State, which are the armed forces of a State organized, trained, and equipped under its internal law for the primary purpose of national defense or security, in the exercise of their official duties; (b) civilians who direct or organize the official activities of military forces of a State; or (c) civilians acting in support of the official activities of the military forces of a State, if the civilians are under the formal command, control, and responsibility of those forces.</p><p> (4) The United States of America understands that current United States law with respect to the rights of persons in custody and persons charged with crimes fulfills the requirement in Article 12 of the Convention and, accordingly, the United States does not intend to enact new legislation to fulfill its obligations under this Article.</p><p> SECTION 4. DECLARATION</p><p> The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following declaration:</p><p> With the exception of the provisions that obligate the United States to criminalize certain offenses, make those offenses punishable by appropriate penalties, and authorize the assertion of jurisdiction over such offenses, this Convention is self-executing. Included among the self-executing provisions are those provisions obligating the United States to treat certain offenses as extraditable offenses for purposes of bilateral extradition treaties. None of the provisions in the Convention, including Articles 10 and 12, confer private rights enforceable in United States courts.</p></body></html>

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