Enforcement of fines

Republic of Slovenia

Cooperation between the Republic of Slovenia and the International Criminal Court Act 2002

XI. ENFORCEMENT OF FINES, SEIZURE OF MATERIAL BENEFIT AND MEASURES FOR COMPENSATING VICTIMS

Article 25
(1)In a case of a request from the Court for the enforcement of a fine or forfeiture of proceeds passed by the Court, the competent court in the Republic of Slovenia shall allow enforcement of judgement on the basis of the provisions of the act regulating enforcement and guarantee or the act regulating criminal proceedings.

XI. ENFORCEMENT OF FINES, SEIZURE OF MATERIAL BENEFIT AND MEASURES FOR COMPENSATING VICTIMS

Article 25
(4) Competent bodies shall be obliged to transfer to the Court the assets or proceeds from the sale of real estate or from the sale of other assets which the Republic of Slovenia obtains because of the enforcement of a judgement of the Court within the terms of the first, second and third paragraph of this article.
(5) If the competent court finds that carrying out a request of the Court within the terms of the previous paragraph will affect the rights of bona fide third parties, it shall inform the Ministry of this, which return the matter to the Court with a suitable explanation.

Rome Statute

Article 109 Enforcement of fines and forfeiture measures

1. States Parties shall give effect to fines or forfeitures ordered by the Court under Part 7, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties, and in accordance with the procedure of their national law.

2. If a State Party is unable to give effect to an order for forfeiture, it shall take measures to recover the value of the proceeds, property or assets ordered by the Court to be forfeited, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.

3. Property, or the proceeds of the sale of real property or, where appropriate, the sale of other property, which is obtained by a State Party as a result of its enforcement of a judgement of the Court shall be transferred to the Court.