PART TWO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER X DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY PRIOR TO INDICTMENT AND MEASURES TO ENSURE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANT
SUB-CHAPTER III MEASURES TO ENSURE PRESENCE OF DEFENDANT
C. ORDER FOR ARREST
Article 173
Order for Arrest
1. A pretrial judge, single trial judge or a presiding trial judge may issue an order for arrest
ex officio, upon the application of the state prosecutor or, in exigent circumstances, upon the
application of the police if the conditions under Article 184, paragraph 1. of this Code exist,
or if a defendant, after being duly summoned, fails to appear and to justify his absence or if
the summons could not be duly delivered and it is evident from the circumstances that the
defendant is avoiding the receipt of the summons.
2. The order for arrest shall be issued in writing and shall contain: the name and surname of the
defendant and other personal data known to the judge; the designation of the criminal offense
with which he is charged and an indication of the pertinent provision of the Criminal Code and
of the grounds on which the order is issued, and the official stamp and signature of the judge
who orders the arrest. Unless the order for arrest specifies a different expiration date, the order
for arrest shall expire at midnight on the three hundred sixty fifth (365th) day after it is issued.
3. The order for arrest shall be executed by the police.
4. The police officer in charge of executing the order shall serve the order on the defendant and
ask the defendant to accompany him. If the defendant refuses to comply, the police officer shall
compel him to appear.
5. An order for the compulsory appearance of police officers or guards in an institution in which
persons are kept in detention shall be executed through the intermediary of their command or
warden.
6. At the time of the arrest, the person shall be informed of the reasons for the arrest in a
language which he understands and of his rights under Article 165 of this Code.
7. An arrested person shall, immediately after the arrest, and in any event no later than forty-
eight (48) hours from the arrest, be brought before the judge who issued the order.
PART FOUR SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER XXXVII PROCEEDINGS FOR ISSUING WANTED NOTICE AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Article 535
Conditions for Issuance of a Wanted Notice
3. Wanted notice shall also be ordered in cases when a defendant has escaped from the
institution in which he is serving his punishment, irrespective of the amount of punishment, or
when he escapes from the institution in which he is serving a measure of mandatory treatment
which consists of the deprivation of liberty. In this case the order shall be issued by the director
of the institution.
4. International wanted notice may be requested in any of the situations provided for by the
present Article, by the respective authority when the wanted person is not in Kosovo or when
there is evidence that such person resides outside of Kosovo.
5. The request of the court or director of the institution for issuing international wanted notice
should be sent to the competent authority for issuing and dissemination thereof.
1. El Estado Parte que haya recibido una solicitud de detención provisional o de detención y entrega tomará inmediatamente las medidas necesarias para la detención de conformidad con su derecho interno y con lo dispuesto en la Parte IX del presente Estatuto.
2. El detenido será llevado sin demora ante la autoridad judicial competente del Estado de detención, que determinará si, de conformidad con el derecho de ese Estado:
(a) La orden le es aplicable;
(b) La detención se llevó a cabo conforme a derecho; y
(c) Se han respetado los derechos del detenido.
3. El detenido tendrá derecho a solicitar de la autoridad competente del Estado de detención la libertad provisional antes de su entrega.
4. Al decidir la solicitud, la autoridad competente del Estado de detención examinará si, dada la gravedad de los presuntos crímenes, hay circunstancias urgentes y excepcionales que justifiquen la libertad provisional y si existen las salvaguardias necesarias para que el Estado de detención pueda cumplir su obligación de entregar la persona a la Corte. Esa autoridad no podrá examinar si la orden de detención fue dictada conforme a derecho con arreglo a los apartados (a) y (b) del párrafo 1 del artículo 58.
5. La solicitud de libertad provisional será notificada a la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares, que hará recomendaciones a la autoridad competente del Estado de detención. Antes de adoptar su decisión, la autoridad competente del Estado de detención tendrá plenamente en cuenta esas recomendaciones, incluidas las relativas a medidas para impedir la evasión de la persona.
6. De concederse la libertad provisional, la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares podrá solicitar informes periódicos al respecto.
7. Una vez que el Estado de detención haya ordenado la entrega, el detenido será puesto a disposición de la Corte tan pronto como sea posible.
1. La Corte podrá transmitir, junto con los antecedentes que la justifiquen de conformidad con el artículo 91, una solicitud de detención y entrega de una persona a todo Estado en cuyo territorio pueda hallarse y solicitará la cooperación de ese Estado. Los Estados Partes cumplirán las solicitudes de detención y entrega de conformidad con las disposiciones de la presente parte y el procedimiento establecido en su derecho interno.