Consultations avec la Cour dans 'Netherlands: ICC Implementation Act 2002'

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7
1. If Our Minister considers that there are obstacles or impediments to granting a request of the ICC for cooperation or enforcement, he shall immediately consult with the ICC in order to remove these obstacles or impediments.
2. The following may in any event constitute obstacles or impediments as referred to in subsection 1:
(a) insufficient information for the request to be granted;
(b) the person to be arrested at the request of the ICC cannot be located in the Netherlands, despite best endeavours;
(c) the person arrested at the request of the ICC on the basis of an arrest warrant is not the person referred to in the warrant;
(d) granting the request in its present form would result in a breach of a treaty obligation that existed prior to the request and is owed to another State;
(e) granting the request in its present form would result in a violation of the principle of ne bis in idem referred to in article 20 of the Statute;
(f) a prosecution of the person claimed for the same acts is either in progress or in preparation in the Netherlands;
(g) granting the request of the ICC immediately would obstruct an investigation or prosecution in a case other than that to which the request relates;
(h) granting the request would prejudice the national security interests of the Netherlands as referred to in article 72 of the Statute;
(i) the case referred to in section 25, subsection 1.
3. If the public prosecutor responsible for executing a request of the ICC finds obstacles or impediments as referred to in this section, he shall notify Our Minister immediately.
4. Our Minister shall request the ICC to respond within a reasonable period to be determined in consultation. This period may be extended at the request of the ICC.
5. The processing of a request for the surrender of a person or for enforcement of a decision of the ICC shall be suspended for the duration of the period referred to in subsection 4. The processing of a request for any other form of cooperation may be suspended by Our Minister or, as the case may be, by the public prosecutor after consultation with Our Minister.
6. If Our Minister or the authorities designated by him consider that a request for the assistance of the host State cannot be granted, he shall immediately consult with the ICC in accordance with the headquarters agreement referred to in article 3, paragraph 2 of the Statute and the regulations and agreements based on it, in order to resolve the matter.

CHAPTER 2. SURRENDER OF PERSONS TO THE ICC

§ 5. Decision on the request and actual surrender

Section 30

2. If the surrender has been declared admissible and Our Minister considers that he needs further information from the ICC in order to make a sound decision, he may defer the decision and consult the ICC. Depending on the result of the consultation with the ICC, he may again forward the file of the case to the public prosecutor who has dealt with the request for surrender, after which sections 21-29 will apply again.

CHAPTER 2. SURRENDER OF PERSONS TO THE ICC
§ 5. Decision on the request and actual surrender
Section 33
1. Within ten days of the decision of Our Minister to grant the request for surrender wholly or partially, the person claimed shall be surrendered to the ICC at a time and place to be determined by Our Minister in consultation with the ICC.

CHAPTER 2. SURRENDER OF PERSONS TO THE ICC

§ 2. Provisional arrest

Section 16

2. The investigating judge shall not make an order as referred to in subsection 1 until the ICC, having been consulted for this purpose through the intermediary of Our Minister, has made recommendations pursuant to article 59, paragraph 5 of the Statute within a period to be determined by Our Minister.

CHAPTER 2. SURRENDER OF PERSONS TO THE ICC

§ 3. Arrest

Section 20

1. The investigating judge may order, on his own initiative, on the application of the public prosecutor or at the request of the person claimed or his counsel, that on account of urgent and exceptional circumstances the deprivation of liberty in accordance with the provisions of § 3 of this chapter be ended or discontinued or suspended subject to conditions. The conditions to be imposed shall in any event be designed to prevent absconding.
2. Section 16, subsections 2-5, shall apply mutatis mutandis.

CHAPTER 2. SURRENDER OF PERSONS TO THE ICC

§ 4. Hearing and ruling by the District Court

Section 25

1. The District Court shall suspend the investigation for the purpose of consultation with the ICC if, in the provisional opinion of the District Court, the person brought before it is not the person whose surrender has been requested.

CHAPTER 4. ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES

Section 56

3. A pardon may be requested and granted, in accordance with article 558 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in respect of sentences of imprisonment which have been imposed by the ICC for offences against the administration of justice of the ICC as referred to in article 70, paragraph 1, of the Statute and in respect of other sentences imposed by the ICC if enforcement takes place in the Netherlands. Before a decision is taken on the granting of a pardon, Our Minister shall consult with the ICC in order to learn its views.

Statut de Rome

Article 89 Remise de certaines personnes à la Cour

2. Lorsque la personne dont la remise est sollicitée saisit une juridiction nationale d'une contestation fondée sur le principe ne bis in idem, comme prévu à l'article 20, l'État requis consulte immédiatement la Cour pour savoir s'il y a eu en l'espèce une décision sur la recevabilité. S'il a été décidé que l'affaire est recevable, l'État requis donne suite à la demande. Si la décision sur la recevabilité est pendante, l'État requis peut différer l'exécution de la demande jusqu'à ce que la Cour ait statué.

4. Si la personne réclamée fait l'objet de poursuites ou exécute une peine dans l'État requis pour un crime différent de celui pour lequel sa remise à la Cour est demandée, cet État, après avoir décidé d'accéder à la demance de la Cour, consulte celle-ci.

Article 91 Contenu de la demance d'arrestation et de remise

4. À la demande de la Cour, un État Partie tient avec celle-ci, soit d'une manière générale, soit à propos d'une question particulière, des consultations sur les conditions prévues par sa législation interne qui pourraient s'appliquer selon le paragraphe 2, alinéa c). Lors de ces consultations, l'État Partie informe la Cour des exigences particulières de sa législation.

Article 93 Autres formes de coopération

3. Si l'exécution d'une mesure particulière d'assistance décrite dans une demande présentée en vertu du paragraphe 1 est interdite dans l'État requis en vertu d'un principe juridique fondamental d'application générale, ledit État engage sans tarder des consultations avec la Cour pour tenter de régler la question. Au cours de ces consultations, il est envisagé d'apporter l'assistance demandée sous une autre forme ou sous certaines conditions. Si la question n'est pas réglée à l'issue des consultations, la Cour modifie la demande.

i) Si un État Partie reçoit, d'une part, de la Cour et, d'autre part, d'un autre État dans le cadre d'une obligation internationale, des demandes concurrentes ayant un autre objet que la remise ou l'extradition, il s'efforce, en consultation avec la Cour et cet autre État, de faire droit aux deux demandes, au besoin en différant l'une ou l'autre ou en la subordonnant à certaines conditions.

Article 96 Contenu d'une demande portant sur d'autres formes de coopération visée à l'article 93

3. À la demande de la Cour, un État Partie tient avec celle-ci, soit d'une manière générale, soit à propos d'une question particulière, des consultations sur les conditions prévues par sa législation qui pourraient s'appliquer comme prévu au paragraphe 2, alinéa e). Lors de ces consultations, l'État Partie informe la Cour des exigences particulières de sa législation.

Article 97 Consultations

Lorsqu'un État Partie est saisi d'une demande au titre du présent chapitre et constate qu'elle soulève des difficultés qui pourraient en gêner ou en empêcher l'exécution, il consulte la Cour sans tarder en vue de régler la question. Ces difficultés peuvent prendre notamment les formes suivantes :

a) Les informations ne sont pas suffisantes pour donner suite à la demande ;

b) Dans le cas d'une demande de remise, la personne réclamée reste introuvable en dépit de tous les efforts, ou les recherches ont permis d'établir que la personne se trouvant dans l'État requis n'est manifestement pas celle que vise le mandat ; ou

c) L'État requis serait contraint, pour donner suite à la demande sous sa forme actuelle, de violer une obligation conventionnelle qu'il a déjà à l'égard d'un autre État.