### Question
Can you define what covered allied persons means?


### Answer
**Covered allied persons** is defined as the following in *22 U.S.C. § 7432*:

> military personnel, elected or appointed officials, and other persons employed by or working on behalf of the government of a NATO member country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand), or Taiwan, for so long as that government is not a party to the International Criminal Court and wishes its officials and other persons working on its behalf to be exempted from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 7432*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 81-INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT > SUBCHAPTER II-AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS&rsquo; PROTECTION**

