Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

7 What constitutes a request for cooperation

(1) A request for cooperation is a request made by the ICC to Australia, in respect of an investigation or prosecution that the Prosecutor is conducting or proposing to conduct, for:

(a) assistance in connection with any one or more of the following:
(i) the arrest (including the provisional arrest), and surrender to the ICC, of a person in relation to whom the ICC has issued a warrant of arrest or a judgment of conviction;

Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

9 Urgent requests for cooperation and requests for provisional arrest

(1) A request for cooperation made in urgent cases, and any request for provisional arrest, may be made by using any medium capable of delivering a written record.

(2) If a request is made or sent in the first instance in a manner specified in subsection (1), it must be followed as soon as practicable by a formal request made in accordance with section 8.

Part 1—Preliminary

4 Definitions

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

request for provisional arrest of a person means a request made to Australia by the ICC for the provisional arrest of the person.

Part 3—Requests by the ICC for arrest and surrender of persons

Division 2—Documentation to accompany request


19 Documentation for request for provisional arrest
If a request is made for provisional arrest of a person, the request must contain or be supported by:
(a) information describing the person sought, being information sufficient to identify the person; and
(b) information as to the person’s probable location; and
(c) a concise statement of:
(i) the crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC for which the person’s arrest is requested; and
(ii) the facts that are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the dates when, and the locations at which, the crimes are alleged to have been committed; and
(d) a statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest, or of a judgment of conviction, against the person sought; and
(e) a statement that a request for surrender of the person will follow.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 1—Preliminary

4 Definitions

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

request for provisional arrest of a person means a request made to Australia by the ICC for the provisional arrest of the person.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

7 What constitutes a request for cooperation

(1) A request for cooperation is a request made by the ICC to Australia, in respect of an investigation or prosecution that the Prosecutor is conducting or proposing to conduct, for:

(a) assistance in connection with any one or more of the following:

the arrest (including the provisional arrest), and surrender to the ICC, of a person in relation to whom the ICC has issued a warrant of arrest or a judgment of conviction;

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

9 Urgent requests for cooperation and requests for provisional arrest
A request for cooperation made in urgent cases, and any request for provisional arrest, may be made by using any medium capable of delivering a written record.

If a request is made or sent in the first instance in a manner specified in subsection (1), it must be followed as soon as practicable by a formal request made in accordance with section 8.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 3 Requests by the ICC for arrest and surrender of persons

Division 2 Documentation to Cover Request

19 Documentation for request for provisional arrest

If a request is made for provisional arrest of a person, the request must contain or be supported by:

(a) information describing the person sought, being information sufficient to identify the person; and

(b) information as to the person’s probable location; and

(c) a concise statement of:

the crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC for which the person’s arrest is requested; and

the facts that are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the dates when, and the locations at which, the crimes are alleged to have been committed; and

(d) a statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest, or of a judgment of conviction, against the person sought; and

(e) a statement that a request for surrender of the person will follow.