Chapter 11. International cooperation and judicial assistance

• Author: International Criminal Court
• Pages: 73-78

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Rules of Procedure and Evidence

Chapter 11.

International cooperation and judicial assistance

Section I. Requests for cooperation under article 87

Rule 176

Organs of the Court responsible for the transmission and receipt of any

communications relating to international cooperation and judicial assistance

1. Upon and subsequent to the establishment of the Court, the Registrar shall obtain

from the Secretary-General of the United Nations any communication made by States

pursuant to article 87, paragraphs 1 (a) and 2.

2. The Registrar shall transmit the requests for cooperation made by the Chambers and shall

receive the responses, information and documents from requested States. The Off‌ice of

the Prosecutor shall transmit the requests for cooperation made by the Prosecutor and

shall receive the responses, information and documents from requested States.

3. The Registrar shall be the recipient of any communication from States concerning

subsequent changes in the designation of the national channels charged with receiving

requests for cooperation, as well as of any change in the language in which requests for

cooperation should be made, and shall, upon request, make such information available

to States Parties as may be appropriate.

4. The provisions of sub-rule 2 are applicable m utatis mutandis where the Court requests

information, documents or other forms of cooperation and assistance from an

intergovernmental organization.

5. The Registrar shall transmit any communications referred to in sub-rules 1 and 3 and rule

177, sub-rule 2, as appropriate, to the Presidency or the Off‌ice of the Prosecutor, or both.

Rule 177

Channels of communication

1. Communications concerning the national authority charged with receiving requests for

cooperation made upon ratif‌ication, acceptance, approval or accession shall provide all

relevant information about such authorities.

2. When an intergovernmental organization is asked to assist the Court under article 87,

paragraph 6, the Registrar shall, when necessary, ascertain its designated channel of

communication and obtain all relevant information relating thereto.

Rule 178

Language chosen by States Parties under article 87, paragraph 2

1. When a requested State Party has more than one off‌icial language, it may indicate upon

ratif‌ication, acceptance, approval or accession that requests for cooperation and any

supporting documents can be drafted in any one of its off‌icial languages.

2. When the requested State Party has not chosen a language for communication with the

Court upon ratif‌ication, acceptance, accession or approval, the request for cooperation

shall either be in or be accompanied by a translation into one of the working languages

of the Court pursuant to article 87, paragraph 2.