Amending Executive Order 12425 Designating Interpol as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities
Amends Order to Extend Privileges and Immunities to INTERPOL
What it does
The order amends Executive Order 12425 by deleting specified exclusions so INTERPOL receives privileges, exemptions, and immunities.
Real-world impact
- Grants INTERPOL privileges, exemptions, and legal immunities in the United States.
- Removes prior exclusions that had limited INTERPOL's legal protections.
- Alters the earlier order by deleting the specified exclusion clause in its first sentence.
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Summary
This executive order amends a prior presidential order so that the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is granted appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities under U.S. law. It accomplishes this by deleting a phrase in the first sentence of the earlier order that had excluded certain sections of the International Organizations Immunities Act. The change affects INTERPOL's legal status in the United States and clarifies that the listed exclusions no longer apply.
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