Competing request - different conduct - no obligation to extradite

Independent State of Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART IV
ARREST AND SURRENDER OF PERSON TO ICC

40. Competing requests -

(5) Where a request for arrest and surrender is received from the ICC and one or more states also request the extradition of the person for conduct other than that which constitutes the crime for which ICC seeks the person’s surrender, priority shall be given to the request from the ICC if Samoa is not under an international obligation to extradite the person to any requesting state.

Rome Statute

Article 90 Competing requests

7. Where a State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person also receives a request from any State for the extradition of the same person for conduct other than that which constitutes the crime for which the Court seeks the person's surrender:

(a) The requested State shall, if it is not under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, give priority to the request from the Court;