Unique provision - cooperation

New Zealand

International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000

PART 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE

24.
Requests for assistance—

(2)Nothing in this section—

(a)limits the type of assistance that the ICC may request under the Statute or the Rules (whether in relation to the provision of information or otherwise):

(b)prevents the provision of assistance to the ICC otherwise than under this Act, including assistance of an informal nature.

PART 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE

26.
Urgent requests—

(1)In urgent cases a request for assistance (including a request for provisional arrest) may be—

(a)made using any medium capable of delivering a written record:

(b)transmitted through the International Criminal Police Organisation or any other appropriate regional organisation, instead of through an authorised channel.


(2)If a request is made or transmitted in the first instance in the manner specified in subsection (1), it must be followed as soon as practicable by a formal request transmitted in the manner specified in section 25.

PART 5 - DOMESTIC PROCEDURES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CO-OPERATION

Restrictions on provision of assistance

116.
Procedure if execution of assistance precluded under New Zealand law—

If the execution of a particular measure of assistance specified in a request to which this Part applies is prohibited in New Zealand, despite any other provision in this Part, the Attorney-General must—

(a)consider whether the assistance can be provided in another manner or subject to conditions; and

Rome Statute

Article 86 General obligation to cooperate

States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Statute, cooperate fully with the Court in its investigation and prosecution of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.