Book 6: Miscellaneous
Section 7: Requests for Legal Assistance and Extradition of Criminals 352-368
Chapter 1: Requests for Legal Assistance 353-356
Article 353 If a foreign state wants to take measures to pursue an investigation into any offence by means of the judicial authorities in Iraq it must send a request to this effect through diplomatic channels to the Ministry of Justice and the request must be accompanied by a complete statement of the
circumstances of the offence, the evidence for the charge the paragraphs of the law which apply and a detailed specification of the measures which it wishes to take.
Article 354
A. If the Ministry of Justice considers that the request meets in full all its legal conditions and that its implementation does not contravene the public regime in Iraq, it will refer it to the investigative judge in whose geographical area it falls in order to achieve the requested measures and a representative from the state requesting the legal assistance is permitted to come and carry them out.
B. The Ministry of Justice has the right to ask the state requesting the legal assistance to deposit an appropriate sum in order to cover witness expenses, experts' fees and charges for documents etc.
C. If he requested measures are carried out the investigative judge will submit the documents to the Ministry of Justice for forwarding to the foreign state. If the Iraqi judicial authorities request legal assistance from the judicial authorities in another state to carry out specific measures, the request win be submitted to the Ministry of Justice so that it can send it through diplomatic channels to the judicial authorities in that state; the judicial measures which are taken in accordance with this legal assistance will have the same legal effect they would- have had if they had been taken the judicial authorities in Iraq.
Book 6: Miscellaneous
Section 7: Requests for Legal Assistance and Extradition of Criminals 352-368
Chapter 1: Requests for Legal Assistance 353-356
Article 353 If a foreign state wants to take measures to pursue an investigation into any offence by means of the judicial authorities in Iraq it must send a request to this effect through diplomatic channels to the Ministry of Justice and the request must be accompanied by a complete statement of the
circumstances of the offence, the evidence for the charge the paragraphs of the law which apply and a detailed specification of the measures which it wishes to take.
Article 354
A. If the Ministry of Justice considers that the request meets in full all its legal conditions and that its implementation does not contravene the public regime in Iraq, it will refer it to the investigative judge in whose geographical area it falls in order to achieve the requested measures and a representative from the state requesting the legal assistance is permitted to come and carry them out.
B. The Ministry of Justice has the right to ask the state requesting the legal assistance to deposit an appropriate sum in order to cover witness expenses, experts' fees and charges for documents etc.
C. If he requested measures are carried out the investigative judge will submit the documents to the Ministry of Justice for forwarding to the foreign state. If the Iraqi judicial authorities request legal assistance from the judicial authorities in another state to carry out specific measures, the request win be submitted to the Ministry of Justice so that it can send it through diplomatic channels to the judicial authorities in that state; the judicial measures which are taken in accordance with this legal assistance will have the same legal effect they would- have had if they had been taken the judicial authorities in Iraq.
1. Les États Parties font droit, conformément aux dispositions du présent chapitre et aux procédures prévues par leur législation nationale, aux demandes d'assistance de la Cour liées à une enquête ou à des poursuites et concernant :
a) L'identification d'une personne, le lieu où elle se trouve ou la localisation de biens ;
b) Le rassemblement d'éléments de preuve, y compris les dépositions faites sous serment, et la production d'éléments de preuve, y compris les expertises et les rapports dont la Cour a besoin ;
c) L'interrogatoire des personnes faisant l'objet d'une enquête ou de poursuites ;
d) La signification de documents, y compris les pièces de procédure ;
e) Les mesures propres à faciliter la comparution volontaire devant la Cour de personnes déposant comme témoins ou experts ;
f) Le transfèrement temporaire de personnes en vertu du paragraphe 7 ;
g) L'examen de localités ou de sites, notamment l'exhumation et l'examen de cadavres enterrés dans des fosses communes ;
h) L'exécution de perquisitions et de saisies ;
i) La transmission de dossiers et de documents, y compris les dossiers et les documents officiels ;
j) La protection des victimes et des témoins et la préservation des éléments de preuve ;
k) L'identification, la localisation, le gel ou la saisie du produit des crimes, des biens, des avoirs et des instruments qui sont liés aux crimes, aux fins de leur confiscation éventuelle, sans préjudice des droits des tiers de bonne foi ; et
l) Toute autre forme d'assistance non interdite par la législation de l'État requis propre à faciliter l'enquête et les poursuites relatives aux crimes relevant de la compétence de la Cour.