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The Belgian law should be changed by December, or US Defence Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld will not participate in the winter ministerial meeting at NATO (Photo: NATO)

US pressures Belgium to amend controversial law

Belgium recently faced another diplomatic embarrassment as a result of its law on universal competencies. An "immunity" law for foreign diplomats is now in the making.

The universal competence legislation, which allows foreigners to be tried for human rights violations and war crimes, would be watered down by adjacent legislation providing foreign diplomats attending meetings in Belgium with immunity.

The initiative came after the threat made by US Defence Secretary of State Donal...

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The Belgian law should be changed by December, or US Defence Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld will not participate in the winter ministerial meeting at NATO (Photo: NATO)

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