Costs

Independent State of Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART VI
ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES AND ORDERS OF THE ICC IN SAMOA


87. Transfer of prisoner to ICC for review of sentence -

(1) Where the ICC, under article 110 of the Statute, decides to review the sentence of an ICC prisoner who is serving that sentence in Samoa, the Minister shall direct that the prisoner be transferred to the ICC, at the expense of the ICC, for the purposes of enabling the ICC to review the prisoner’s sentence.

(2) The ICC prisoner shall be transferred to and from the ICC in the custody of a person authorised for the purpose by the ICC, at the expense of the ICC.

PART VI
ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES AND ORDERS OF THE ICC IN SAMOA


88. Transfer of prisoner to another State to complete sentence -

(2) Where an ICC prisoner of any nationality is to be transferred from Samoa to another State to complete that sentence, the prisoner may be transported from Samoa to that
State in the custody of a person authorised for the purpose by the ICC at the expense of ICC.

Rome Statute

Article 100 Costs

1. The ordinary costs for execution of requests in the territory of the requested State shall be borne by that State, except for the following, which shall be borne by the Court:

(a) Costs associated with the travel and security of witnesses and experts or the transfer under article 93 of persons in custody;

(b) Costs of translation, interpretation and transcription;

(c) Travel and subsistence costs of the judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar and staff of any organ of the Court;

(d) Costs of any expert opinion or report requested by the Court;

(e) Costs associated with the transport of a person being surrendered to the Court by a custodial State; and

(f) Following consultations, any extraordinary costs that may result from the execution of a request.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall, as appropriate, apply to requests from States Parties to the Court. In that case, the Court shall bear the ordinary costs of execution.