Confidentiality re request for cooperation and supporting documentation

Australia

Australia - International Criminal Court Act No. 41 2002 (2018) EN

Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

13 Confidentiality of request
(1) A person dealing with a request for cooperation must keep the request, and any documents supporting it, confidential except to the extent that it is necessary to disclose the request or such a document for the purpose of executing the request.
(2) If the ICC requests that particular information made available in connection with a request for cooperation be provided and handled in a manner that protects the safety, or physical or psychological well-being, of any victims, potential witnesses and their families, a person dealing with the request must ensure that the information is provided and handled in that manner.

Australia - Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act No. 85 1987 (2018)

Part II—Assistance in relation to taking of evidence and production of documents or other articles
Division 2—Requests by foreign countries
13 Requests by foreign countries for the taking of evidence or the production of documents
(2) If the Attorney General gives an authorisation under subsection (1A):
(a) in the case of the taking of evidence—a Magistrate or eligible Federal Circuit Court Judge may do all or any of the following:
(ii) direct that all or part of the proceeding be conducted in private;

Rome Statute

Article 87 Requests for cooperation: general provisions

3. The requested State shall keep confidential a request for cooperation and any documents supporting the request, except to the extent that the disclosure is necessary for execution of the request.