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Costa Rica - Constitution 1949 (2020) ES

ARTÍCULO 24.- Se garantiza el derecho a la intimidad, a la libertad y al secreto de las comunicaciones. 

Son inviolables los documentos privados y las comunicaciones escritas, orales o de cualquier otro tipo de los habitantes de la República. Sin embargo, la ley, cuya aprobación y reforma requerirá los votos de dos tercios de los Diputados de la Asamblea Legislativa, fijará en qué casos podrán los Tribunales de Justicia ordenar el secuestro, registro o examen de los documentos privados, cuando sea absolutamente indispensable para esclarecer asuntos sometidos a su conocimiento. 

Igualmente, la ley determinará en cuáles casos podrán los Tribunales de Justicia ordenar que se intervenga cualquier tipo de comunicación e indicará los delitos en cuya investigación podrá autorizarse el uso de esta potestad excepcional y durante cuánto tiempo. Asimismo, señalará las responsabilidades y sanciones en que incurrirán los funcionarios que apliquen ilegalmente esta excepción. Las resoluciones judiciales amparadas a esta norma deberán ser razonadas y podrán ejecutarse de inmediato. Su aplicación y control serán responsabilidad indelegable de la autoridad judicial. 

La ley fijará los casos en que los funcionarios competentes del Ministerio de Hacienda y de la Contraloría General de la República podrán revisar los libros de contabilidad y sus anexos para fines tributarios y para fiscalizar la correcta utilización de los fondos públicos. 

Una ley especial, aprobada por dos tercios del total de los Diputados, determinará cuáles otros órganos de la Administración Pública podrán revisar los documentos que esa ley señale en relación con el cumplimiento de sus competencias de regulación y vigilancia para conseguir fines públicos. Asimismo, indicará en qué casos procede esa revisión.

Rome Statute

Article 64 Functions and powers of the Trial Chamber

6. In performing its functions prior to trial or during the course of a trial, the Trial Chamber may, as necessary:

(b) Require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents and other evidence by obtaining, if necessary, the assistance of States as provided in this Statute;

If a State Party is requested by the Court to provide a document or information in its custody, possession or control, which was disclosed to it in confidence by a State, intergovernmental organization or international organization, it shall seek the consent of the originator to disclose that document or information. If the originator is a State Party, it shall either consent to disclosure of the information or document or undertake to resolve the issue of disclosure with the Court, subject to the provisions of article 72. If the originator is not a State Party and refuses to consent to disclosure, the requested State shall inform the Court that it is unable to provide the document or information because of a pre-existing obligation of confidentiality to the originator.

Article 73 Third-party information or documents

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(d) The service of documents, including judicial documents;

(i) The provision of records and documents, including official records and documents;

8.

(a) The Court shall ensure the confidentiality of documents and information, except as required for the investigation and proceedings described in the request.

(b) The requested State may, when necessary, transmit documents or information to the Prosecutor on a confidential basis. The Prosecutor may then use them solely for the purpose of generating new evidence.

(c) The requested State may, on its own motion or at the request of the Prosecutor, subsequently consent to the disclosure of such documents or information. They may then be used as evidence pursuant to the provisions of Parts 5 and 6 and in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.

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ARTICLE 7 Inviolability of Archives and Documents

The archives of the Court, and all papers and documents in whatever form, and materials being sent to or from the Court, held by the Court or belonging to it, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be inviolable. The termination or absence of such inviolability shall not affect protective measures that the Court may order pursuant to the Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence with regard to documents and materials made available to or used by the Court.