Res. 1497

The Security Council votes to refer Sudan to the ICC, the first such Security Council referral, on 31 March 2005. Credit: UN.

Security Council Resolution 1497, adopted on 1 August 2003, authorized the critical deployment of a multinational stabilization force in Liberia. However, at the insistence of the United States, the resolution included a paragraph granting �exclusive jurisdiction� to troop contributing states not party to the ICC, effectively opening the door for permanent immunity from the ICC with regard to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Legal analyses on this resolution, the actual text of the resolution, and press statements made by the CICC and its members can be found in this section.

Government and Inter-governmental Documents

Author	Title		Date
Security Council		UN Security Council 4803rd Meeting: The situation in Liberia	01 Aug 2003

NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements

Author		Date
HRW	The Adoption of Security Council Resolution 1497: A Setback for International Justice	01 Sept 2003

AI	The unlawful attempt by the Security Council to give US citizens permanent impunity from international justice	20 May 2003

AI	International Criminal Court: Security Council must refuse to renew unlawful Resolution 1422	May 2003

NGO Media Statements

Author		Date
AI	Amnesty International Urges UN Security Council to Ensure Liberia Resolution Excludes Impunity and Effectively Protects Citizens	01 Aug 2003

CICC	NGOs Condemn Broad Immunities in Security Council Resolution on Multinational Deployment to Liberia : U.S. Arm-Twisting Leads to Violations of National and International Law, NGOs Say	01 Aug 2003

HRW	Liberia: Peacekeepers Should Not Be Shielded from Justice	01 Aug 2003

HRW	HRW - Liberia: Peacekeepers Should Not Be Shielded from Justice	01 Aug 2003

LCHR (now HRF)	Security Council Authorizes Deployment of Multinational Force to Stabilize Liberia: U.S. Obtains Permanen Immunity from ICC Prosecution	01 Aug 2003

CICC	Statement by William Pace concerning the U.S. proposed draft Security Council Resolution on Liberia, containing exemptions from the ICC	31 July 2003

LCHR (now HRF)	Liberian Lives in the Balance as US Demands Impunity	31 July 2003

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UN Reports, Resolutions, and Statements

Author		Date
Security Council	Resolution 1497 on the situation in Liberia. Click here for legal analyses and other documents.	01 Aug 2003

Security Council	UN Security Council Resolution 1497 (2003)	01 Aug 2003

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan	Press encounter by the Secretary-General following the Security Council meeting on the situation in Liberia	01 Aug 2003

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