Chapter 1 General provisions

• Author: International Criminal Court
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Chapter 1

General provisions

Regulation 1

Adoption of these Regulations

1. These Regulations have been adopted pursuant to article 42, paragraph 2, and rule 9 and shall govern the

operations of the Ofce of the Prosecutor in relation to its management and administration.

2. These Regulations shall be read subject to the Statute, the Rules, and the Regulations of the Court and in

conjunction with the Regulations of the Registry and the Staff Rules and Regulations.

3. These Regulations have been adopted in English and French. Translations in the ofcial languages of the

Court are equally authentic.

Regulation 2

Use of terms

In these Regulations:

- ‘article’ refers to an article of the Statute;

- ‘Chamber’ refers to a Chamber of the Court;

- ‘Court’ refers to the International Criminal Court;

- ‘information on crimes’ refers to information on crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to

article 15;

- ‘declaration’ refers to a declaration by a State which is not a Party to the Statute pursuant to article 12,

paragraph 3;

- ‘joint team’ refers to the interdivisional team formed to carry out investigations;

- ‘Ofce’ refers to the Ofce of the Prosecutor;

- ‘Presidency’ refers to the Presidency of the Court;

- ‘Prosecutor’ refers to the Prosecutor of the Court;

- ‘referral’ refers to a request from a State Party under article 14 or from the Security Council under article

13 paragraph (b) to the Prosecutor to investigate a situation in which one or more crimes within the

jurisdiction of the Court appear to have been committed;

- ‘Registry’ refers to the Registry of the Court;

- ‘Regulations’ refers to the Regulations of the Ofce of the Prosecutor;

- ‘regulation’ refers to a regulation of the Regulations of the Ofce of the Prosecutor;

- ‘Rules’ refers to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

- ‘State Party’ refers to a State Party to the Rome Statute;

- ‘Statute’ refers to the Rome Statute of the Court;

- ‘trial team’ refers to the interdivisional team formed upon conrmation of the charges to carry out

prosecutions.

Regulation 3

Amendments to these Regulations

1. These Regulations and any amendments hereto shall enter into force on the day of their adoption by

decision of the Prosecutor.

2. Any proposal for amendments to these Regulations shall be presented in writing to the Prosecutor by a

Head of Division or Support Section, and shall be accompanied by explanatory material.

3. Amendments to these Regulations shall not be applied retroactively to the detriment of a person to whom

article 55, paragraph 2, or article 58 applies, the accused, convicted or acquitted person.