Cooperation of State

New Zealand

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

Part 1
Request by a Tribunal for assistance

4 Tribunal may request assistance

(1) Where a Tribunal needs the assistance of New Zealand in order to —

(a) perform its functions in respect of an investigation or prosecution it is conducting or proposing to conduct ; or
(b) give effect to an order issued by the Tribunal,— the Tribunal may make a request for assistance.

(2) Any request under subsection (1) shall be made to the Attor¬ney-General or a person authorised by the Attorney-General.

(3) without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a Tribunal may make a request for assistance of any 1 or more of the following types :

(a) arresting and surrendering to the Tribunal a person in relation to whom the Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant :
(b) executing a request for search and seizure:
(c) obtaining evidence or a document or other article:
(d) providing a document or other record:
(e) locating and identifying a witness or suspect:
(f) arranging for a person to give evidence or assist an in-vestigation:
(g) causing the forfeiture of tainted property:
(h) serving documents:
(i) arranging for the Tribunal to sit in New Zealand.

Part 7
Miscellaneous

61 Additional tribunals to be added by Order in Council

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, declare a tribunal that has been established by the Security Council of the United Nations under chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to be a tribunal for the purposes of this Act, and, for that purpose, may also, by the same Order in Council, add a new Part to the Schedule setting out the statute of that tribunal.

(2) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, declare that a tribunal has ceased to be a tribunal for the purposes of this Act and, for that purpose, may also, by the same Order in Council, omit the Part of the Schedule that sets out the statute of that tribunal.

(3) An Order in Council made under this section is deemed to be a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

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.