Chapter 1. General provisions

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General provisions

Chapter 1.

Scope of application

Section 1.

1. This Code shall apply to all Members of the Office as well as interns, visiting

professionals, gratis personnel and staff members of other organisations on

secondment or otherwise made available to the Office.

2. Unless indicated otherwise in their contracts, this Code shall not apply to

consultants, contractors and special advisers of the Office.

3. The standards of this Code are applicable at all times, to the extent that professional

and personal conduct and associations of Members of the Office may adversely

affect the integrity, independence and impartiality of the Office.

Use of terms

Section 2.

4. Unless otherwise defined in this Code, all terms used are defined as in the Statute,

the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the Regulations of the Court and the

Regulations of the Office of the Prosecutor.

5. In this Code:

(a) 󰜙article󰜚 refers to the articles of the Rome Statute;

(b) 󰜙Code󰜚 is the Code of Conduct for the Office of the Prosecutor;

(c) 󰜙Court󰜚 refers to the International Criminal Court;

(d) 󰜙counsel󰜚 refers to defence counsel, counsel acting for States, amicus curiae

and counsel or legal representatives for victims and witnesses, practising at

the Court;

(e) 󰜙Office󰜚 refers to the Office of the Prosecutor of the Court;

(f) 󰜙Members of the Office󰜚 refers to the Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor(s) and

Staff members of the Office;

(g) 󰜙Regulations󰜚 refers to the Regulations of the Office of the Prosecutor;

(h) 󰜙rule󰜚 refers to a rule of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

(i) 󰜙Staff members󰜚 refers to all Staff members of the Office within the meaning

of article 44;

(j) 󰜙Statute󰜚 refers to the Rome Statute of the Court.