Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:
1. Article 6:
a) heading shall be drafted as follows:
"Article 6. Extradition and surrender of the Criminal"
b) Paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of article 6 shall be drafted as follows:
2. The citizen of a foreign state as well as the stateless person being on the territory of Georgia, may be extradited to another state or surrendered to the ICC for criminal prosecution or for serving a sentence in manner and to the extent determined by the International Agreement of Georgia.“
Chapter IV
Request of the International Court
Article 18. Competing requests
1) If Georgia receives requests for surrender or extradition from both the International
Court and other state concurrently, the Responsible Agency takes decision in accordance with rules prescribed by Article 90 of the Statute.
2) If Georgia receives identical requests from the International Court and other state
concurrently for cooperation in matter not related to surrender or extradition of a person, the Responsible Agency takes a decision in accordance with rules prescribed by Article 93(9) of the Statute.
3) If, in case of competing requests, the Responsible Agency decides to satisfy a request
of the other state, the Agency shall immediately notify the International Court thereon.
Chapter 3 Extradition
Article 32
Competing requests
1. In the case of competing requests for extradition, their admissibility shall be decided individually by a duly authorised court in accordance with this Law.
2. After the procedure provided for in paragraph 1 is completed, the Minister of Justice of Georgia shall determine to which state the extraditable person is to be surrendered, by taking into account the place of the commission of the crime, the gravity of the crime, the dates on which the requests for extradition were received by Georgia, the nationality of the person and other circumstances.
3. In cases specified in paragraph 2 of this article, the Minister of Justice of Georgia may hold consultations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia to decide the issue of extradition.
4. In the case of competing requests from the International Criminal Court and from a foreign state for the surrender of a person, priority shall be given to the request of the International Criminal Court.
1. A State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person under article 89 shall, if it also receives a request from any other State for the extradition of the same person for the same conduct which forms the basis of the crime for which the Court seeks the person's surrender, notify the Court and the requesting State of that fact.
2. Where the requesting State is a State Party, the requested State shall give priority to the request from the Court if:
(a) The Court has, pursuant to article 18 or 19, made a determination that the case in respect of which surrender is sought is admissible and that determination takes into account the investigation or prosecution conducted by the requesting State in respect of its request for extradition; or
(b) The Court makes the determination described in subparagraph (a) pursuant to the requested State's notification under paragraph 1.
3. Where a determination under paragraph 2 (a) has not been made, the requested State may, at its discretion, pending the determination of the Court under paragraph 2 (b), proceed to deal with the request for extradition from the requesting State but shall not extradite the person until the Court has determined that the case is inadmissible. The Court's determination shall be made on an expedited basis.
4. If the requesting State is a State not Party to this Statute the requested State, if it is not under an international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, shall give priority to the request for surrender from the Court, if the Court has determined that the case is admissible.
5. Where a case under paragraph 4 has not been determined to be admissible by the Court, the requested State may, at its discretion, proceed to deal with the request for extradition from the requesting State.
6. In cases where paragraph 4 applies except that the requested State is under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State not Party to this Statute, the requested State shall determine whether to surrender the person to the Court or extradite the person to the requesting State. In making its decision, the requested State shall consider all the relevant factors, including but not limited to:
(a) The respective dates of the requests;
(b) The interests of the requesting State including, where relevant, whether the crime was committed in its territory and the nationality of the victims and of the person sought; and
(c) The possibility of subsequent surrender between the Court and the requesting State.
7. Where a State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person also receives a request from any State for the extradition of the same person for conduct other than that which constitutes the crime for which the Court seeks the person's surrender:
(a) The requested State shall, if it is not under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, give priority to the request from the Court;
(b) The requested State shall, if it is under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, determine whether to surrender the person to the Court or to extradite the person to the requesting State. In making its decision, the requested State shall consider all the relevant factors, including but not limited to those set out in paragraph 6, but shall give special consideration to the relative nature and gravity of the conduct in question.
Where pursuant to a notification under this article, the Court has determined a case to be inadmissible, and subsequently extradition to the requesting State is refused, the requested State shall notify the Court of this decision.