Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence

Kosovo

Kosovo - Criminal Code 2019 EN

Article 387
Intimidation during criminal proceedings
Whoever uses force or serious threat, or any other means of compulsion, a promise of a gift or any other form of benefit to induce another person to refrain from making a statement or to make a false statement or to otherwise fail to state true information to the police, a prosecutor or a judge, when such information relates to obstruction of criminal proceedings shall be punished by a fine of up to one hundred and twenty-five thousand (125,000) EUR and by imprisonment of two (2) to ten (10) years.

Article 389 Tampering with evidence
1. Whoever, alters, removes, conceals, destroys, damages or renders unserviceable, in whole or in part, any record, property, object or document with the intent to impair the object’s availability for use in an official proceeding, shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment of six (6) months to five (5) years.
2. Whoever, with the intent to prevent or hamper the collection of evidence in court proceedings or administrative proceedings, removes, shifts or changes the place of any boundary marker, land marker or any other mark designed to mark ownership or real estate or right to use water, or, with the same intent, places such markers in a misleading manner shall be punished as provided for in paragraph 1. of this Article.
Article 390 Falsifying documents
1. Whoever draws up a false document, alters a genuine document with the intent to use such document as genuine or knowingly uses a false or altered document as genuine shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment of up to four (4) years.
2. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1. of this Article is committed in relation to a public document, will, bill of exchange, public or official registry or some other registry kept in accordance with the law the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine and by imprisonment of up to five (5) years.
3. Whoever commits the offence provided in the paragraph 1. or 2. of this Article as a member of a group of people shall be punished by a fine and by imprisonment of one (1) year to eight (8) years.

Rome Statute

Article 70 Offences against the administration of justice

1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:

(c) Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence;