Chapter II
National State Agency Responsible for Cooperation between the International Court and Georgia
Article 3. A national state agency responsible for cooperation between the International Court and Georgia
3. In the course of cooperating with the International Court, the Responsible Agency shall have the authority:
l) when so provided by the Statute, to request reimbursement of expenses, incurred in the course of execution of the request, from the International Court;
Chapter IV
Request of the International Court
Article 16. Reimbursement of expenses related to execution of the International Court requests
1 .Requests of the International Court shall, as a rule, be executed without reimbursement. Exceptions to this rule are the expenses related to:
a) transportation and protection of witnesses and experts/specialists or temporary transfer of
arrested persons;
b) translation, drawing up shorthand records or intepretation;
c) travel and per diem of judges, prosecutor, deputy prosecutors, registrar, deputy registrars
and/or other personnel of International Court;
d) producing a forensic expertise (expert) reports at the request of the Court;
e) transportation of a person who is to be surrendered to the International Court Court;
f) any unforeseeable expenses stemming from the consultations with the International Court
on execution of the request;
g) execution of decision of the International Court.
2. Expenses referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reimbursed by the
International Court in a manner established by the Statute.
3. Expenses related to assistance rendered by the Georgian state authorities to each other
in the course of execution of a Court request shall not be reimbursed by the Court.
4. Expenses related to execution of an arrest decision upon the motion of the
Responsible Agency as well as those related to the defense of the person, when necessary, shall be reimbursed from the State Budget.
Chapter VIII
Execution of Decision of the International Court
Article 49. Execution expenses
Transportation expenses as well as expenses referred to in Article 103(4) of the Statute, shall be reimbursed by the International Court. Georgia shall bear other expenses related to execution of the sentence on its territory.
Chapter 6 Other forms of cooperation
Article 38
Summons to the International Court
2. A summoned person is not obliged to appear before the International Court if his transportation expenses are not covered by the International Court.
3. If the International Court submits the request envisaged in this article, the International Court shall also submit to Responsible Agency the appropriate documents guaranteeing that the expenses of free movement of the witness will be covered by the International Court.
Chapter 6 Other forms of cooperation
Article 40 Temporary surrender of arrested persons
2. The person may by temporarily transferred to the International Court, if the International Court covers the expenses of his transportation and his remaining into custody, provided that it will return the person after the purpose of the transfer is fulfilled.
Chapter 8 Execution of Decision of the International Court
Article 49 Execution expenses
Transportation expenses as well as expenses referred to in Article 103(4) of the Statute, shall be reimbursed by the International Court. Georgia shall bear other expenses related to execution of the sentence on its territory.
1. The ordinary costs for execution of requests in the territory of the requested State shall be borne by that State, except for the following, which shall be borne by the Court:
(a) Costs associated with the travel and security of witnesses and experts or the transfer under article 93 of persons in custody;
(b) Costs of translation, interpretation and transcription;
(c) Travel and subsistence costs of the judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar and staff of any organ of the Court;
(d) Costs of any expert opinion or report requested by the Court;
(e) Costs associated with the transport of a person being surrendered to the Court by a custodial State; and
(f) Following consultations, any extraordinary costs that may result from the execution of a request.
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall, as appropriate, apply to requests from States Parties to the Court. In that case, the Court shall bear the ordinary costs of execution.