ICC sitting in State territory

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) Order 2009

SCHEDULE 1
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ICC

Power to provide for sittings of the ICC in the Territory
2.—(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provisions as appears to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient to enable sittings of the ICC to be held in the Territory.

(2) Provision may in particular be made with respect to the detention of persons in the custody of the ICC.


Power to give effect to Rules of Procedure and Evidence etc
3.—(1) Any Order in Council made by Her Majesty under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to this Act as it applies in the United Kingdom, which makes provision for giving effect to any Rules of Procedures and Evidence having effect under article 51, shall likewise apply as part of the law of the Territory.

(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as appears to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient for giving effect to any related agreement to which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, is a party.

Rome Statute

Article 3 Seat of the Court

3. The Court may sit elsewhere, whenever it considers it desirable, as provided in this Statute.

APIC

ARTICLE 12 Exercise of the Functions of the Court outside its Headquarters

In the event that the Court, pursuant to article 3, paragraph 3, of the Statute, considers it desirable to sit elsewhere than at its headquarters at The Hague in the Netherlands, the Court may conclude with the State concerned an arrangement concerning the provision of the appropriate facilities for the exercise of its functions.