'Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed' in document 'Ireland - ICC Act 2006'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 3
Requests by International Criminal Court for Arrest and Surrender of Persons

Section 25.—

(3) The High Court, whether or not it makes a surrender order, may, and on the application of the arrested person shall—

(a) determine—

(i) whether section 23(2) was complied with in relation to the execution of the warrant of arrest, and
(ii) whether any other rights of the person in relation to the arrest have been respected,

(b) make a declaration to that effect, and

(c) notify the Minister accordingly,

and the Minister shall transmit a copy of the notification to the International Criminal Court.

Part 5
Other Requests

52.—

(7) If at any stage of the proceedings it appears that there are grounds for suspecting that the person has committed an ICC offence, the judge shall—
(a) inform the person of his or her rights under paragraph 2 of Article 55,

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(a) To be informed, prior to being questioned, that there are grounds to believe that he or she has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court