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Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons
(18 U.S.C.
§ § 112, 878, 1116, 1201(a)(4))
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Enacted to implement United States treaty obligations under
two
international conventions concerning terrorist acts that threaten
the maintenance
of normal international relations, Federal statutes specifically
protect any
Chief of State, head of government or Foreign Minister and their
families when
they are out of their own country. As a general rule, they also
protect
diplomatic personnel protected by the Vienna Conventions while
they are out of
their own country. Federal extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction
exists over
the murder, kidnapping, assault or threats to murder, kidnap or
assault an
internationally protected person (IPP) when: (1) the victim IPP is
a
representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States
government; (2)
the perpetrator of the offense against any IPP anywhere in the
world is
subsequently found in the United States; or (3) effective as of
April 24, 1996,
the perpetrator is a national of the United States. See USAM 9-65.800, et seq.
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