PART III – STATUS AND PRIVILEGES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
10. Privileges and immunities
(2) The Deputy Registrar, and the staff of the International Criminal Court, counsels, experts, witnesses and other persons involved in proceedings before the International Criminal Court shall enjoy such privileges and facilities necessary for the performance of their functions in Mauritius as may be prescribed.
1. Experts performing functions for the Court shall be accorded the following privileges, immunities and facilities to the extent necessary for the independent exercise of their functions, including the time spent on journeys in connection with their functions, subject to production of the document referred to in paragraph 2 of this article:
(a) Immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage;
(b) Immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in the course of the performance of their functions for the Court, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after the termination of their functions;
(c) Inviolability of papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to their functions for the Court;
(d) For the purposes of their communications with the Court, the right to receive and send papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to their functions for the Court by courier or in sealed bags;
(e) Exemption from inspection of personal baggage, unless there are serious grounds for believing that the baggage contains articles the import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the State Party concerned; an inspection in such a case shall be conducted in the presence of the expert concerned;
(f) The same privileges in respect of currency and exchange facilities as are accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official missions;
(g) The same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to diplomatic agents under the Vienna Convention;
(h) Exemption from immigration restrictions or alien registration in relation to their functions as specified in the document referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.
2. Experts who enjoy the privileges, immunities and facilities referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be provided by the Court with a document certifying that they are performing functions for the Court and specifying a time period for which their functions will last.