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Res. 1422/1487, 2004
Res. 1422/1487, 2004
The Security Council votes to refer Sudan to the ICC, the first such Security Council referral, on 31 March 2005. Credit: UN.
2002
Security Council Resolution 1422 (first passed in July 2002 and renewed as Resolution 1487 in June 2003) grants immunity to personnel from ICC non-States Parties involved in United Nations established or authorized missions for a renewable twelve-month period. CICC members support the conclusions of legal experts from many nations that Security Council Resolution 1422 is incompatible with the Rome Statute, demonstrates the improper use of the Security Council, and contradicts the UN Charter and other international law.

This section includes the texts of Resolutions 1422 and 1487, government statements made at the Security Council Open Meetings on these resolutions in 2002 and 2003, as well as legal analyses, press releases, and other documents by the CICC and its members.

2003
Security Council Resolution 1422 (first passed in July 2002 and renewed as Resolution 1487 in June 2003) grants immunity to personnel from ICC non-States Parties involved in United Nations established or authorized missions for a renewable twelve-month period. CICC members support the conclusions of legal experts from many nations that Security Council Resolution 1422 is incompatible with the Rome Statute, demonstrates the improper use of the Security Council, and contradicts the UN Charter and other international law.

This section includes the texts of Resolutions 1422 and 1487, government statements made at the Security Council Open Meetings on these resolutions in 2002 and 2003, as well as legal analyses and other documents by the CICC and its members.

2004
Security Council Resolution 1422 (first passed in July 2002 and renewed as Resolution 1487 in June 2003) granted immunity to personnel from ICC non-States Parties involved in United Nations established or authorized missions for a renewable twelve-month period. Despite US efforts to renew this resolution again in 2004, the US withdrew the resolution once they could not secure enough votes in the Security Council.

This section includes statements by UN officials as well as legal analyses, press releases and other documents by the CICC and its members.
Factsheets
Author Title Date
CICC
 1018|1019
Chronology of the Adoption and Withdrawal of Security Council Resolutions 1422/1487
 24 June 2004
AMICC
 2106|2107
Background on Peacekeeping and the ICC
 01 June 2003
Government and Inter-governmental Documents
Authorascending Date and Title
10 July 2002
Statement by the delegate from the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN, at the UN Security Council open debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (New York, USA)
3731|3732Spanish
ACP - EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
03 Apr 2003
Resolution on the International Criminal Court, adopted by the African, Carribean, and Pacific Group of States - European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly held in Brazzavile, Republic of the Congo
1016|1017English
Argentina
12 June 2003
Statement by H.E. Arnoldo M. Listre, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the UN, at the UN Security Council open debate on the Proposed Renewal of the Provisions of Security Council Resolution 1422 (New York, USA)
3697|3698Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 July 2002
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mirza Kusljugic, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN, at the UN Security Council open debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (New York, USA)
3757|3758English
Brazil
12 June 2003
Statement by Ms Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chargée d’affaires of the Mission of Brazil to the UN, at the UN Security Council open debate on the Proposed Renewal of the Provisions of Security Council Resolution 1422 (New York, USA)
3703|3704English
Brazil
10 July 2002
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Gelson Fonseca Jr., Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UN, at the UN Security Council open debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (New York, USA)
3707|3708English
Canada
03 July 2002
Statement by Canada at special plenary to respond to US efforts for blanket exemptions
963|964English
ICC Statements and Reports
Author Title Date
Preparatory Commission
 957|958
Letter to the President of the Security Council from the Preparatory Commission
 03 July 2002
NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements
Author Title Date
Canada, Ireland, Jordan, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
 1028|1029
Compilation of documents on UN Security Council Resolutions 1422/1487
 20 May 2004
HRW
 1034|1035
Close the Door to Impunity: Human Rights Watch Recommendations to UN Member States on the Renewal of Resolution 1487 (4 pages)
 05 May 2004
CICC
 998|999
Country Chart of Statements made or endorsed by Governments in the Open Meeting of the Security Council Discussion of the Proposed Renewal of Resolution 1422 - Prepared by the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court
 12 June 2003
CICC
 1002|1003
Open Letter on the Occasion of the Security Council Public Meeting on the Renewal of Resolution 1422
 12 June 2003
AI
 8902|8903
The unlawful attempt by the Security Council to give US citizens permanent impunity from international justice
 20 May 2003
AI
 1009|1010
International Criminal Court: Security Council must refuse to renew unlawful Resolution 1422 (8 pages)
 01 May 2003
AI
 1012|1013
International Criminal Court: The unlawful attempt by the Security Council to give US citizens permanent impunity from international justice (83 pages)
 01 May 2003
NGO Media Statements
Author Title Date
Forum Asia
 574|575
Security Council Defends Integrity of the International Criminal Court Statute
 24 June 2004
AI
 580|581
U.S.Withdraw: Determination of International Community is victory for International Justice and the Rule of Law
 23 June 2004
CGS
 582|583
Statement on the U.S. Decision Not to Seek Renewal of Peacekeeper Immunity Resolution in Security Council
 23 June 2004
CICC
 1702|1703
Global Support for the International Criminal Court Reaffirmed - Legitimacy of the Security Council preserved
 23 June 2004
HRF
 576|577
In Victory for the Rule of Law, U.S. Withdraws Immunity Request
 23 June 2004
PGA
 578|579
Parliamentarians for Global Action Welcomes the Restoration of Cooperative Relationship between the UN and the ICC
 23 June 2004
HRW
 584|585
Britain: Reject Immunity for U.S. Troops - US Seeks UN Resolution to Exclude Its Troops from War Crimes Prosecution
 08 June 2004
Quotes and Statements
Author Title Date
UN Legal Counsel Hans Corell
 1026|1027
A Question of Credibility – an article on Resolution 1422/1487
 23 May 2004
UN Reports, Resolutions, and Statements
Author Title Date
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 1020|1021
UN Secretary-General Statement Following the US Decision Not to Pursue Renewal of SC Resolution 1487
 23 June 2004
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 1489|1490
Statement Following the US Decision Not to Pursue Renewal of SC Resolution 1487
 23 June 2004
1022|1023
Excerpt from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's press encounter after Security Council monthly luncheon
 18 June 2004
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 1491|1492
Excerpt from press encounter after Security Council monthly luncheon
 18 June 2004
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 1024|1025
Comments by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the press on renewal of Security Council Resolution 1487
 17 June 2004
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 1493|1494
Comments to the press on renewal of Security Council Resolution 1487
 17 June 2004
Security Council
 995|996
Text of Security Council Resolution 1487 (Renewal of Resolution 1422)
 12 June 2003