Obligation of host State to enforce sentences

Kingdom of The Netherlands

International Criminal Court Implementation Act 2002

CHAPTER 4. ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES
§ 3. Enforcement of sentences of imprisonment
Section 66
§ 3 of this chapter applies to a request of the ICC to enforce a sentence of imprisonment it has imposed:
(a) if the Netherlands has indicated its willingness to accept sentenced persons and the ICC designates the Netherlands in accordance with article 103, paragraph 1 (a), of the Statute;
(b) if the Netherlands is obliged, as host State, to enforce the sentence of imprisonment in accordance with article 103, paragraph 4, of the Statute.

CHAPTER 4. ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES

§ 3. Enforcement of sentences of imprisonment

Section 68

1. In the case referred to in section 66 (b), the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the ICC shall, on the instructions of Our Minister, be enforced or further enforced in the Netherlands in accordance with the conditions set out in the headquarters agreement referred to in article 3, paragraph 2, of the Statute. Article 10 of the Criminal Code shall not apply to the decision of Our Minister.
2. Section 67, subsections 3 and 4, shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Rome Statute

Article 103 Role of States in enforcement of sentences of imprisonment

4. If no State is designated under paragraph 1, the sentence of imprisonment shall be served in a prison facility made available by the host State, in accordance with the conditions set out in the headquarters agreement referred to in article 3, paragraph 2. In such a case, the costs arising out of the enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment shall be borne by the Court.