Confidentiality re request for cooperation and supporting documentation

Croatia

Croatia - Implementation of Statute of ICC 2003 (2004) EN

V. COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION
Article 23

(2) The request for the cooperation sent by the International Criminal Court shall be confidential and its content may be disclosed when this is necessary for its fulfillment, or for other particularly important reasons.

LAW on the Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Prosecution of Crimes against International Law of War and Humanitarian Law

III. NOTIFICATION T O THE PROSECUTOR AND ACTION T O BE TAKEN UPON THE PROSECUTOR'S NOTIFICATION

Article 18

(1) When the Prosecutor notifies the Republic of Croatia that there would be a reasonable basis to commence an investigation for a crime defined in Article 5 of the Statute and that the component Croatian authorities may exercise jurisdiction over the crime concerned, the Government of the Republic of Croatia shall notify thereon the Public Attorney General.

(2) If the notification referred to in the foregoing paragraph is confidential, its content shall be treated as an official secret by any state authorities or persons to which or to whom this content has been brought to notice.

LAW on the Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Prosecution of Crimes against International Law of War and Humanitarian Law

V COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Article 23

(2) The cooperation request by the International Criminal Court shall be confidential and its content may be disclosed when this is necessary for its fulfilment, or for other particularly important reasons.

Rome Statute

Article 87 Requests for cooperation: general provisions

3. The requested State shall keep confidential a request for cooperation and any documents supporting the request, except to the extent that the disclosure is necessary for execution of the request.