CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 3
1. A request received from the ICC, in accordance with the Statute, for cooperation, for enforcement or for prosecution of an offence against the administration of justice of the ICC shall be dealt with by Our Minister. If the request is not addressed to Our Minister, the addressee shall immediately transmit the request to him.
2. Unless Our Minister is able to deal with the request himself or considers that additional information is first required from the ICC, and subject to subsections 3 and 4, he shall immediately transmit the request to the public prosecutor at The Hague District Court.
3. If the request relates to the enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment imposed by the ICC, Our Minister shall act in accordance with the provisions of sections 67 and 68.
4. If the request relates to the enforcement of an order for reparations as referred to in article 75 of the Statute, Our Minister shall take the necessary measures for the proper enforcement of the order. If the order entails an obligation on the convicted person to pay a sum of money for the benefit of one or more beneficiaries, Our Minister shall immediately transmit the request to the public prosecutor at The Hague District Court, who will then act in accordance with sections 72 and 83.
5. A request for assistance shall be dealt with by Our Minister or by the authorities designated by him for this purpose.
6. Our Minister shall regularly inform the ICC of the progress made in dealing with the requests.
1. Los Estados Partes, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la presente Parte y con los procedimientos de su derecho interno, deberán cumplir las solicitudes de asistencia formuladas por la Corte en relación con investigaciones o enjuiciamientos penales a fin de:
(a) Identificar y buscar personas u objetos;
(b) Practicar pruebas, incluidos los testimonios bajo juramento, y producir pruebas, incluidos los dictámenes e informes periciales que requiera la Corte;
(c) Interrogar a una persona objeto de investigación o enjuiciamiento;
(d) Notificar documentos, inclusive los documentos judiciales;
(e) Facilitar la comparecencia voluntaria ante la Corte de testigos o expertos;
(f) Proceder al traslado provisional de personas, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 7;
(g) Realizar inspecciones oculares, inclusive la exhumación y el examen de cadáveres y fosas comunes;
(h) Practicar allanamientos y decomisos;
(i) Transmitir registros y documentos, inclusive registros y documentos oficiales;
(j) Proteger a víctimas y testigos y preservar pruebas;
(k) Identificar, determinar el paradero o inmovilizar el producto y los bienes y haberes obtenidos del crimen y de los instrumentos del crimen, o incautarse de ellos, con miras a su decomiso ulterior y sin perjuicio de los derechos de terceros de buena fe; y
(l) Cualquier otro tipo de asistencia no prohibida por la legislación del Estado requerido y destinada a facilitar la investigación y el enjuiciamiento de crímenes de la competencia de la Corte.