Provisional arrest for ICC proceedings - national procedures

Republic of Albania

Albania - Law on Jurisdictional Relations with Foreign Authorities 2009 (2013)

CHAPTER III
EXTRADITION

SECTION I
EXTRADITION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA

Article 36
Arrest by the judicial police

1. In urgent cases of the arrest of a person against whom a request for temporary arrest has been submitted, the rules of article 495 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are applicable.
2. At the request of the General Prosecutor, the Ministry of Justice realises the translation of the acts required within 24 hours.

Rome Statute

Article 92 Provisional arrest

1. In urgent cases, the Court may request the provisional arrest of the person sought, pending presentation of the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in article 91.

2. The request for provisional arrest shall be made by any medium capable of delivering a written record and shall contain:

(a) Information describing the person sought, sufficient to identify the person, and information as to that person's probable location;

(b) A concise statement of the crimes for which the person's arrest is sought and of the facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the date and location of the crime;

(c) A statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest or a judgement of conviction against the person sought; and

(d) A statement that a request for surrender of the person sought will follow.

3. A person who is provisionally arrested may be released from custody if the requested State has not received the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in article 91 within the time limits specified in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. However, the person may consent to surrender before the expiration of this period if permitted by the law of the requested State. In such a case, the requested State shall proceed to surrender the person to the Court as soon as possible.

4. The fact that the person sought has been released from custody pursuant to paragraph 3 shall not prejudice the subsequent arrest and surrender of that person if the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request are delivered at a later date.