Préservation des éléments de preuve –procédures nationales

Japon

Japan - Code of Criminal Procedure Part I, II 1948 (2019) EN/Japanese

Part I General Provisions

Chapter XIV Preservation of Evidence

Article 179
(1) The accused, suspect, or the defense counsel may request of a judge a disposition on a seizure, search, inspection, witness examination or expert examination, only before the first trial date, and when there are circumstances which suggest that it will be difficult to use the evidence unless it is preserved in advance.
(2) The judge who has been so requested as prescribed in the preceding paragraph has the same authority as that of a court or a presiding judge with regard to a disposition.

Article 180
(1) The public prosecutor and the defense counsel may inspect and copy the documents and articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in court; provided however, that defense counsel must receive permission from the judge to copy the articles of evidence.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the recording medium prescribed in the provisions of Article 157-4, paragraph (3) may not be copied.
(3) The accused or suspect may inspect the documents and articles of evidence prescribed in the paragraph (1) in court with the permission of the judge; provided however, that this does not apply when defense counsel is assigned to the accused or suspect.

Statut de Rome

Article 93 Autres formes de coopération

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 :

j) La protection des victimes et des témoins et la préservation des éléments de preuve ;