Newsline: U.S. Pulls Out of Vienna Treaty Following Palestinian Complaint Over Embassy Move

October 5, 2018 at 2:06 pm · Filed under US and tagged: US

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington was withdraw from the optional protocol of the Vienna Convention. The decision to withdraw from the optional protocol follows a complaint brought by the Palestinians in September, which challenged Washington’s decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Vienna Convention is an international treaty setting out diplomatic relations between states. It is often cited as a means to provide diplomatic immunity. Washington was also terminating a treaty of amity with Tehran, after the International Court ordered the United States to ensure that sanctions against Iran, due to be tightened next month, did not affect humanitarian aid or civil aviation. The ICJ, based in The Hague, in the Netherlands, is the United Nations’ venue for resolving disputes between nations. U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said that the United States is taking steps to avoid exposure to binding decisions by the International Court of Justice, as he accused the UN court of being “politicized and ineffective.” There have been mounting concerns among U.S. allies about the Trump administration’s commitment to multilateralism.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/u-s-pulls-out-of-vienna-treaty-following-palestinian-complaint-1.6529650

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