Accession Number:

AD1166542

Title:

U.S. Nationals and Foreign Military Service

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

Congressional Research SVC

Personal Author(s):

• Ott, Alan
• Elsea, Jennifer K

Report Date:

2022-03-28

Pagination or Media Count:

3

Abstract:

International law grants rights to and imposes duties upon a neutral state during an armed conflict between belligerentnations. One of these duties is that neutral states shall not furnish troops to belligerent states, except this duty does notinclude independent actions by a neutral states citizens. A states neutrality is usually unaffected if its citizenswillingly serve in a belligerent states armed forces

Descriptors:

• congress
• department of state
• law
• united states
• department of defense
• military personnel
• chemical weapons
• employment
• international law
• united states government
• governments
• personnel management
• weapons of mass destruction
• geneva conventions
• government (foreign)
• biological weapons
• federal law

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]