Part 2
Surrender of Persons

§ 13
Provisional Arrest

(1) When the prerequisites for an arrest warrant for surrender have been fulfilled,
the public prosecution office and the officers of the police force are authorized to
effect the provisional arrest. In accordance with the conditions set forth in § 127
para. 1 sentence 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code, any person is entitled to conduct
a provisional arrest.
(2) If the suspect is taken into custody, he shall be informed of the reason
therefore.
(3) When an arrest warrant for surrender exists, the suspect must be promptly
informed thereof. The suspect is to be given a copy.

Part 2
Surrender of Persons

§ 14
Procedure After Capture Based Upon an Warrant of Arrest for Surrender
(relating to Article 59 para. 2 of the Rome Statute)

(1) If the suspect is captured based upon an arrest warrant for surrender, the
suspect must be brought without delay, at the latest on the day after capture, before
a judge of the next District Court (Amtsgericht).
(2) The judge of the District Court will examine the suspect promptly after the presentation, at the latest on the next day, regarding his personal circumstances, in
particular, regarding his citizenship. He shall inform him, that in each phase of the
proceedings he may use legal assistance (§ 31) and that it is up to him whether or
not to make statements regarding the criminal act he is accused of committing. He
shall then inform the suspect that he may apply for suspension of execution of the
arrest warrant for surrender, as well as that he may at any time approach the Court
regarding its arrest warrant, and he shall question him as to whether and, if necessary, upon which grounds, he seeks to raise objections to the surrender; § 41
para. 5 sentence 1 applies mutatis mutandis. In cases under § 11 para. 2 the
examination also extends to the topic of the charge; in most cases, information
provided by the suspect shall be included in the record of proceedings. Provided that
the Court requests, it shall be provided with a copy of the record of proceedings.

Part 2
Surrender of Persons

§ 15
Procedure After Provisional Arrest

(2) § 14 para. 2 applies mutatis mutandis to the examination of the suspect.

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(a) Shall not be compelled to incriminate himself or herself or to confess guilt;
(b) Shall not be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(c) Shall, if questioned in a language other than a language the person fully understands and speaks, have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness; and
(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute.
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;
(b) To remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it; and
(d) To be questioned in the presence of counsel unless the person has voluntarily waived his or her right to counsel.

Article 63
Trial in the presence of the accused
1. The accused shall be present during the trial.
2. If the accused, being present before the Court, continues to disrupt the trial, the Trial Chamber may remove the accused and shall make provision for him or her to observe the trial and instruct counsel from outside the courtroom, through the use of communications technology, if required. Such measures shall be taken only in exceptional circumstances after other reasonable alternatives have proved inadequate, and only for such duration as is strictly required.

Article 66
Presumption of innocence
1. Everyone shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty before the Court in accordance with the applicable law.
2. The onus is on the Prosecutor to prove the guilt of the accused.
3. In order to convict the accused, the Court must be convinced of the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(a) To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;
(b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defence and to communicate freely with counsel of the accused's choosing in confidence;
(c) To be tried without undue delay;
(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it;
(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him or her. The accused shall also be entitled to raise defences and to present other evidence admissible under this Statute;
(f) To have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness, if any of the proceedings of or documents presented to the Court are not in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;
(g) Not to be compelled to testify or to confess guilt and to remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;
(h) To make an unsworn oral or written statement in his or her defence; and
(i) Not to have imposed on him or her any reversal of the burden of proof or any onus of rebuttal.
2. In addition to any other disclosure provided for in this Statute, the Prosecutor shall, as soon as practicable, disclose to the defence evidence in the Prosecutor's possession or control which he or she believes shows or tends to show the innocence of the accused, or to mitigate the guilt of the accused, or which may affect the credibility of prosecution evidence. In case of doubt as to the application of this paragraph, the Court shall decide.