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What Rights Do You Have in Other Countries?

by kramnor

One of the most forgotten realities for people who travel abroad
on vacation is that they do not realize their United States
Constitutional rights do not exist anymore. The right to counsel,
unreasonable search and seizures, and self incrimination are not
carried with you in your luggage.

The laws of that country and the local laws of that jurisdiction
rudely fall upon the U.S. citizen when least expected. For
example, some countries will not let you leave their country with
your children unless you either have both parents present or at
least written permission by the absentee parent to travel with
your children.

There are so many different laws and customs that it is
imperative for one to learn it before entering that country.
Particularly, if driving in that country, find out the laws on
using a driver's license from another country.

The United States Supreme Court has recently heard arguments on
a case that addressed U.S. citizens in Iraq wanting the U.S. to
first hear their arguments.

Two U.S. citizens, challenged their detention by U.S. forces in
Iraq. They entered Iraq after the war. One was a translator for
journalists, and the other stated he was seeking reconstruction
work.

However, the U.S. claimed that they were terrorists. The U.S.
military detained them so they could be turned over to the Iraqis
for trial and potentially execution. The men stated they were not
guilty and contended that they were entitled to a hearing in the
U.S. courts to test the basis for their detention before being
turned over.

The Deputy Solicitor General representing the Bush
administration, told the justices that when U.S. citizens go
abroad, they cannot then come back to the U.S. courts to complain
about their arrest and trial in other countries.

Justice Kennedy brought up if it was right to hand them over to
a lynch mob.

Justice Antonin Scalia stated that "To say that the whole world
has the protections of the U.S. Constitution is extravagant!"
even though it was the U.S. forces that detained the American
citizens. Justice Scalia intimates that their U.S. protections
are still not warranted.

This case has not yet been decided but it is only hearing this
case because the U.S. detained them. Otherwise, if they were
arrested by a foreign country, they would be subject to that
country's laws.

Remember if arrested or detained, insist on talking with the
U.S. Embassy where they will assist you in how you are treated
and prosecuted. This is in accordance with a treaty enacted in
1969 that guaranteed foreign nationals access to diplomats from
their home countries if they are accused of crimes. There are 171
countries part of this, also called the Vienna Convention rights.

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consumer rights</a> is your best defense.

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