Examination of places or sites - national procedures for ICC proceedings

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

International Criminal Court Act 2001 (2014)

Part 3 Other forms of assistance

Forms of assistance

35 Orders for exhumation

Proceedings before the ICC in respect of an ICC crime are criminal proceedings for the purposes of section 23 of the Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13) or section 11 of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 15(N.I.)) (power of coroner to order exhumation).

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

PART 3
OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE

Forms of assistance

Taking of fingerprints or non-intimate sample
38.—(1) The provisions of Schedule 4 have effect with respect to the taking of fingerprints or a non-intimate sample in response to a request from the ICC for assistance in obtaining evidence as to the identity of a person.

(2) In subsection (1) and that Schedule, “fingerprints” includes palm prints, and a non-intimate sample is—

(a) a sample of hair other than pubic hair,
(b) a sample taken from a nail or from under a nail,
(c) a swab taken from any part of a person’s body including the mouth but not any other body orifice,
(d) saliva,
(e) a footprint or a similar impression of any part of a person’s body other than a part of his hand.


Orders for exhumation
39. Proceedings before the ICC in respect of an ICC crime are criminal proceedings for the purposes of any power of a coroner under the law of the Territory to order exhumation.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(g) The examination of places or sites, including the exhumation and examination of grave sites;