Part 2
Specific provisions
Section 1
13. Investigations and proceedings of the International Criminal Court in Austria
2. The International Criminal Court shall be authorised to hold trials, unless the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs refuses such a request owing to grave security concerns in respect of the Republic of Austria or of the International Criminal Court.
3. The Court may sit elsewhere, whenever it considers it desirable, as provided in this Statute.
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.