Request by State for ICC assistance

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic - Cooperation with ICC 2018 ES

Artículo 15.- Solicitud de cooperación o asistencia a la Corte Penal Internacional. El Ministerio Público podrá solicitar cooperación a la CPI o a cualquiera de sus órganos en la medida en que lo consideren necesario para una investigación o proceso penal que se siga en la República Dominicana, conforme a lo previsto en el párrafo 10 del artículo 93 del Estatuto de Roma.

Párrafo.- Las solicitudes podrán realizarse o bien de manera directa o a través del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, según las circunstancias específicas de la situación.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

10.

(a) The Court may, upon request, cooperate with and provide assistance to a State Party conducting an investigation into or trial in respect of conduct which constitutes a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court or which constitutes a serious crime under the national law of the requesting State.

(b)

b. The questioning of any person detained by order of the Court;

(i) The assistance provided under subparagraph (a) shall include, inter alia:

a. The transmission of statements, documents or other types of evidence obtained in the course of an investigation or a trial conducted by the Court; and

(ii) In the case of assistance under subparagraph (b) (i) a:

a. If the documents or other types of evidence have been obtained with the assistance of a State, such transmission shall require the consent of that State;

b. If the statements, documents or other types of evidence have been provided by a witness or expert, such transmission shall be subject to the provisions of article 68.

(c) The Court may, under the conditions set out in this paragraph, grant a request for assistance under this paragraph from a State which is not a Party to this Statute.