CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER FIVE (v) - PUNISHMENT AND SENTENCING
Article 53
(1) Imprisonment may not be shorter than thirty days or longer than twenty years.
(2) For the most serious forms of criminal offenses, life imprisonment may be prescribed (hereinafter: life sentence).
(3) Long-term imprisonment shall never be prescribed as the sole principal punishment for a specific criminal offense.
(4) Long-term imprisonment shall not be imposed on a perpetrator who, at the time of the perpetration of the criminal offense, has not reached the age of twenty-one years.
(5) The imprisonment of juveniles shall be imposed under the conditions prescribed by a special statute on young perpetrators of criminal offenses. The imprisonment of juveniles is in its purpose, nature, duration and manner of execution a special penalty of deprivation of liberty.
(6) When imprisonment without a minimum duration and with a maximum duration of three years is prescribed for a criminal offense, together with such a penalty, a fine shall be prescribed as an alternative punishment.
(7) Imprisonment shall be assessed and imposed in full years and months, and in full days if its duration is up to three months.
VII. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGEMENT AND OTHER DECISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
ADMISSION OF CONVICTED PERSONS
Article 43
The Republic of Croatia shall admit the convicted persons to serve their sentence in accordance with the special agreement concluded separately in each individual case.
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
VII. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGEMENT AND OTHER DECISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Article 41
The Republic of Croatia shall admit the persons convicted to serve their sentence in accordance with a special agreement concluded separately in each individual case.
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
VIII. PARTICIPATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IN THE WORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Article 42
(1) The representative of the Republic of Croatia at the Assembly of States Parties shall be determined by the Government of the Republic of Croatia.
(2) In addition to the representative mentioned in paragraph 1 above, one or more deputy representatives and experts on international criminal law may participate in the work of the Assembly.
(3) In accordance with the Statute and other documents of the ICC the Government of the Republic of Croatia shall ensure appropriate participation of the representatives of the Republic of Croatia in the work of other bodies of the ICC.
Article 43
(1) In the procedure for the election or appointment of judges or other officials or staff of the ICC, the Government of the Republic of Croatia shall publish an invitation to the eligible persons to apply within a defined period of time, if the election or appointment is carried out at the proposal of the States Parties and if the Government believes that the Republic of Croatia should propose a candidate.
(2) If it finds it appropriate, the Government of the Republic of Croatia will also publish the information about the upcoming election or appointment in the ICC when candidates are expected to apply to the ICC directly.
(3) In the case mentioned in paragraph 1 above the Government of the Republic of Croatia shall conduct the procedure in such a manner so as to secure its transparency, the possibility for governmental and non-governmental professional and humanitarian bodies and organisations, and the application of the highest professional and moral criteria.
(4) When the Statute or other document of the ICC prescribes a special procedure for the election or appointment, the Government of the Republic of Croatia shall conduct the procedure in this manner, applying the appropriate provisions of the domestic law analogously.
(a) A sentence of imprisonment shall be served in a State designated by the Court from a list of States which have indicated to the Court their willingness to accept sentenced persons.
(b) At the time of declaring its willingness to accept sentenced persons, a State may attach conditions to its acceptance as agreed by the Court and in accordance with this Part.
(c) A State designated in a particular case shall promptly inform the Court whether it accepts the Court's designation.
2.
(a) The State of enforcement shall notify the Court of any circumstances, including the exercise of any conditions agreed under paragraph 1, which could materially affect the terms or extent of the imprisonment. The Court shall be given at least 45 days' notice of any such known or foreseeable circumstances. During this period, the State of enforcement shall take no action that might prejudice its obligations under article 110.
(b) Where the Court cannot agree to the circumstances referred to in subparagraph (a), it shall notify the State of enforcement and proceed in accordance with article 104, paragraph 1.
3. In exercising its discretion to make a designation under paragraph 1, the Court shall take into account the following:
(a) The principle that States Parties should share the responsibility for enforcing sentences of imprisonment, in accordance with principles of equitable distribution, as provided in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) The application of widely accepted international treaty standards governing the treatment of prisoners;
(c) The views of the sentenced person;
(d) The nationality of the sentenced person;
(e) Such other factors regarding the circumstances of the crime or the person sentenced, or the effective enforcement of the sentence, as may be appropriate in designating the State of enforcement.
4. If no State is designated under paragraph 1, the sentence of imprisonment shall be served in a prison facility made available by the host State, in accordance with the conditions set out in the headquarters agreement referred to in article 3, paragraph 2. In such a case, the costs arising out of the enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment shall be borne by the Court.
1. Subject to conditions which a State may have specified in accordance with article 103, paragraph 1 (b), the sentence of imprisonment shall be binding on the States Parties, which shall in no case modify it.
2. The Court alone shall have the right to decide any application for appeal and revision. The State of enforcement shall not impede the making of any such application by a sentenced person.