Part IV – Arrest and Surrender of Person to ICC

Request from ICC for Arrest and Surrender

26. Request for arrest and surrender.
(1) Subject to sections 27 and 28, when the Minister receives a request for arrest and surrender under article 89 of the Statute, the Minister shall, if satisfied that the request is supported by the information and documents required by article 91 of the Statute –

(a) transmit the request and any supporting documents to a Registrar and request the endorsement of the ICC warrant or the issue of a domestic warrant as appropriate; and
(b) notify the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(2) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (1) (a) the Registrar, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person named in the warrant is in or on his or her way to Uganda shall –

(a) if the request is accompanied by a warrant of arrest, endorse the warrant for execution by a police officer in any part of Uganda; or

(b) if the request relates to a person convicted by the ICC and is not accompanied by a warrant of arrest, issue a warrant of arrest in form as near as possible to a prescribed form under the criminal procedure law of Uganda, for execution by the police officer in any part or Uganda.

Article 59
Arrest proceedings in the custodial State
1. A State Party which has received a request for provisional arrest or for arrest and surrender shall immediately take steps to arrest the person in question in accordance with its laws and the provisions of Part 9.