Form 8—Surrender warrant
Commonwealth of Australia
International Criminal Court Act 2002
Surrender warrant under subsection 28(2)
To the person in whose custody [insert name of person] is held
And to all police officers within the meaning of the International Criminal Court Act 2002 (the Act)
And to [insert name of officer of the International Criminal Court or other person authorised by the Court], (the escort):
Having:
(a)* reached agreement with the International Criminal Court on conditions for the issue of a temporary surrender warrant; and
(b) received a request for surrender of [insert name of person]; and
(c) signed a certificate under section 29 of the Act that it is appropriate to issue a warrant for [his/her*] surrender;
I, , Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Australia, under section 28 of the Act:
(d) require the person in whose custody [insert name of person in custody] is held, to release [him/her*] into the custody of a police officer; and
(e) authorise the police officer to transport [insert name of person] in custody, and if necessary or convenient, to detain [him/her*] in custody, for the purpose of enabling [him/her*] to be placed in the custody of the escort and transported to the place specified by the International Criminal Court; and
(f) authorise the escort to transport [insert name of person] in custody to [insert the name of the place specified by the International Criminal Court] for the purpose of surrendering [him/her*] to a person appointed by the International Criminal Court to receive [him/her*].
Part 1—Preliminary
4 Definitions
surrender of a person means surrender of the person to the ICC.
Part 3—Requests by the ICC for arrest and surrender of persons
Division 4—Surrender of persons
28 Surrender warrants
(1) Except where this Division otherwise provides, if a person is remanded under Division 3, the Attorney-General may, subject to section 29, issue a warrant for the surrender of the person.
(2) The surrender warrant must be in writing in the statutory form.
29 Certificate by Attorney-General
The Attorney-General must not issue a warrant for the surrender of a person for a crime unless the Attorney-General has, in his or her absolute discretion, signed a certificate that it is appropriate to do so.
30 Surrender warrant may take effect at later date
(1) This section applies if, apart from this subsection, the Attorney-General would be required to issue a surrender warrant for a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC in respect of a person who is liable to be detained in a prison because of a sentence of imprisonment imposed for a different offence against Australian law.
(2) The Attorney-General may, after consultation with the ICC, do either of the following:
(a) instead of issuing a surrender warrant that has an immediate effect, issue a surrender warrant that is to come into effect when the person ceases to be liable to be detained;
(b) issue a surrender warrant that has a temporary operation in accordance with conditions agreed with the ICC.
31 Refusal of surrender
(1) The Attorney-General must refuse a request for surrender of a person if the ICC determines that the case is inadmissible and subsection 33(4), 35(3) or 36(3) applies.
(2) The Attorney-General may refuse a request for surrender of a person if:
(a) there are competing requests from the ICC, and from a foreign country that is not a party to the Statute, relating to the same conduct, and subsection 39(6) applies; or
(b) there are competing requests from the ICC, and from a foreign country that is not a party to the Statute, relating to different conduct, and subsection 40(3) applies.
(3) The restrictions on extradition specified in the Extradition Act 1988 do not apply in relation to a request for surrender of a person.
32 Postponement of execution of request for surrender
(1) The Attorney-General may postpone the execution of a request for surrender of a person for a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC at any time before the person is surrendered if, and only if:
(a) a determination on admissibility of the kind specified in section 33, 35 or 36 is pending before the ICC; or
(b) the request would interfere with an ongoing investigation or prosecution in Australia involving different conduct from the conduct that constituted the crime, as provided in section 34; or
(c) the request involves a conflict with Australia’s international obligations, and subsection 12(4) applies.
(2) If the Attorney-General postpones the execution of the request, the postponement may be for a reasonable period and may, if the Attorney-General considers it desirable, be extended from time to time.
(3) A decision by the Attorney-General to postpone the execution of a request:
(a) does not limit or affect the detention of a person under a warrant issued under this Part; and
(b) does not affect the validity of any act done or any warrant issued under this Part before the decision was made.
(4) However, if:
(a) the person applies to an appropriate court to be released; and
(b) the court is satisfied that reasonable notice of the intention to make the application has been given to the Attorney-General;
the court may, unless the person is liable to be detained under any other order or other sufficient cause is shown against the release, order the release of the person from the place where the person is detained.
Part 9—Transportation of persons in custody through Australia
150 Transportation of persons in custody through Australia
(1) This Part applies to a person (the transportee) who:
(a) is being surrendered to the ICC by a foreign country under article 89 of the Statute; or
1. The Court may transmit a request for the arrest and surrender of a person, together with the material supporting the request outlined in article 91, to any State on the territory of which that person may be found and shall request the cooperation of that State in the arrest and surrender of such a person. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and the procedure under their national law, comply with requests for arrest and surrender.
2. Where the person sought for surrender brings a challenge before a national court on the basis of the principle of ne bis in idem as provided in article 20, the requested State shall immediately consult with the Court to determine if there has been a relevant ruling on admissibility. If the case is admissible, the requested State shall proceed with the execution of the request. If an admissibility ruling is pending, the requested State may postpone the execution of the request for surrender of the person until the Court makes a determination on admissibility.
(a) A State Party shall authorize, in accordance with its national procedural law, transportation through its territory of a person being surrendered to the Court by another State, except where transit through that State would impede or delay the surrender.
(b) A request by the Court for transit shall be transmitted in accordance with article 87. The request for transit shall contain:
(i) A description of the person being transported;
(ii) A brief statement of the facts of the case and their legal characterization; and
(iii) The warrant for arrest and surrender;
(c) A person being transported shall be detained in custody during the period of transit;
(d) No authorization is required if the person is transported by air and no landing is scheduled on the territory of the transit State;
(e) If an unscheduled landing occurs on the territory of the transit State, that State may require a request for transit from the Court as provided for in subparagraph (b). The transit State shall detain the person being transported until the request for transit is received and the transit is effected, provided that detention for purposes of this subparagraph may not be extended beyond 96 hours from the unscheduled landing unless the request is received within that time.
4. If the person sought is being proceeded against or is serving a sentence in the requested State for a crime different from that for which surrender to the Court is sought, the requested State, after making its decision to grant the request, shall consult with the Court.