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28 U.S.C. § 1781 — Transmittal of letter rogatory or request
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**(a)** The Department of State has power, directly, or through suitable channels—
(1) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal, to transmit it to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution; and
(2) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a tribunal in the United States, to transmit it to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution.
**(b)** This section does not preclude—
(1) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a foreign or international tribunal to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed and its return in the same manner; or
(2) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a tribunal in the United States to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed and its return in the same manner.
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**(a)** The Department of State has power, directly, or through suitable channels—
(1) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal, to transmit it to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution; and
(2) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a tribunal in the United States, to transmit it to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution.
**(b)** This section does not preclude—
(1) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a foreign or international tribunal to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed and its return in the same manner; or
(2) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a tribunal in the United States to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed and its return in the same manner.
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**(a)** The district court of the district in which a person resides or is found may order him to give his testimony or statement or to produce a document or other thing for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal, including criminal investigations conducted before formal accusation. The order may be made pursuant to a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal or upon the application of any interested person and may direct that the testimony or statement be given, or the document or other thing be produced, before a person appointed by the court. By virtue of his appointment, the person appointed has power to administer any necessary oath and take the testimony or statement. The order may prescribe the practice and procedure, which may be in whole or part the practice and procedure of the foreign country or the international tribunal, for taking the testimony or statement or producing the document or other thing. To the extent that the order does not prescribe otherwise, the testimony or statement shall be taken, and the document or other thing produced, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.A person may not be compelled to give his testimony or statement or to produce a document or other thing in violation of any legally applicable privilege.
**(b)** This chapter does not preclude a person within the United States from voluntarily giving his testimony or statement, or producing a document or other thing, for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal before any person and in any manner acceptable to him.
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**(a) Panel of Neutrals.—** Each district court that authorizes the use of alternative dispute resolution processes shall adopt appropriate processes for making neutrals available for use by the parties for each category of process offered. Each district court shall promulgate its own procedures and criteria for the selection of neutrals on its panels.
**(b) Qualifications and Training.—** Each person serving as a neutral in an alternative dispute resolution process should be qualified and trained to serve as a neutral in the appropriate alternative dispute resolution process. For this purpose, the district court may use, among others, magistrate judges who have been trained to serve as neutrals in alternative dispute resolution processes, professional neutrals from the private sector, and persons who have been trained to serve as neutrals in alternative dispute resolution processes. Until such time as rules are adopted under chapter 131 of this title relating to the disqualification of neutrals, each district court shall issue rules under section 2071(a) relating to the disqualification of neutrals (including, where appropriate, disqualification under [section 455 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section455&num=0&edition=prelim), other applicable law, and professional responsibility standards).
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**(a) Application** The provisions of this section—
(1) apply only to cooperation with the International Criminal Court and shall not apply to cooperation with an ad hoc international criminal tribunal established by the United Nations Security Council before or after August 2, 2002, to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed in a specific country or during a specific conflict; and
(2) shall not prohibit—
(A) any action permitted under [section 7427 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7427&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) communication by the United States of its policy with respect to a matter.
**(b) Prohibition on responding to requests for cooperation** Notwithstanding [section 1782 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law, no United States Court, and no agency or entity of any State or local government, including any court, may cooperate with the International Criminal Court in response to a request for cooperation submitted by the International Criminal Court pursuant to the Rome Statute.
**(c) Prohibition on transmittal of letters rogatory from the International Criminal Court** Notwithstanding [section 1781 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1781&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law, no agency of the United States Government may transmit for execution any letter rogatory issued, or other request for cooperation made, by the International Criminal Court to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed.
**(d) Prohibition on extradition to the International Criminal Court** Notwithstanding any o
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 1781
Sec.
1785.
Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum ac-
tions.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2002—Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11020(b)(4)(B)(ii),
Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1829, added item 1785.
1964—Pub. L. 88–619, §§ 8(b), 9(b), 10(b), 12(b), Oct. 3,
1964, 78 Stat. 997, 998, substituted ‘‘Transmittal of letter
rogatory or request’’ for ‘‘Foreign witnesses’’ in item
1781, ‘‘Assistance to foreign and international tribunals
and to litigants before such tribunals’’ for ‘‘Testimony
for use in foreign countries’’ in item 1782, ‘‘person’’ for
‘‘witness’’ in item 1783, and struck out item 1785 ‘‘Privi-
lege against incrimination’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEPOSITIONS IN ADMIRALTY CASES
Prior to the general unification of civil and admi-
ralty procedure and the recision of the Admiralty Rules
on July 1, 1966, Revised Statutes §§ 863 to 865, as amend-
ed, which related to depositions de bene esse, when and
how taken, notice, mode of taking, and transmission to
court, provided as follows:
‘‘SEC. 863. The testimony of any witness may be
taken in any civil cause depending in a district court
by deposition de bene esse, when the witness lives at a
greater distance from the place of trial than one hun-
dred miles, or is bound on a voyage to sea, or is about
to go out of the United States, or out of the district in
which the case is to be tried, and to a greater distance
than one hundred miles from the place of trial, before
the time of trial, or when he is ancient and infirm. The
deposition may be taken before any judge of any court
of the United States, or any clerk of a district court,
or any chancellor, justice, or judge of a supreme or su-
perior court, mayor or chief magistrate
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