Protection of safety of physical or psychological well-being of victims, witnesses and families

Belgium

Belgium - Royal Decree on the organization of the Belgian Task Force for International Criminal Justice 2014 EN

CHAPTER 3. - Competences of the BTF ICJ and holding of its meetings

Section 2. - Meetings of the BTF ICJ on specific files

Article 9.
2. 1° Besides, the chairman of the BTF ICJ convenes ex officio a meeting of the BTF ICJ on a specific file when the file concerned deals with the specific enforcement of the bilateral agreements reached with an international criminal jurisdiction on witness protection, air transport of detainees, enforcement of sentences and provisional release.

CHAPTER 3. - Competences of the BTF ICJ and holding of its meetings

Section 3. - Meetings of the BTF ICJ on classified files (BTF-R)

Article 12. The BTF-R chiefly examines:
2° the files aiming at the protection of threatened witnesses, on the request of the international criminal jurisdictions;

Rome Statute

Article 87 Requests for cooperation: general provisions

4. In relation to any request for assistance presented under this Part, the Court may take such measures, including measures related to the protection of information, as may be necessary to ensure the safety or physical or psychological well-being of any victims, potential witnesses and their families. The Court may request that any information that is made available under this Part shall be provided and handled in a manner that protects the safety and physical or psychological well-being of any victims, potential witnesses and their families.