'ICC privileges and immunities' in document 'Slovenia: Cooperation with the ICC Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

IX. IMMUNITY AND FREE PASSAGE ACROSS THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

Article 21
(1) Competent national bodies shall be obliged to ensure free passage to persons travelling across the territory of the Republic of Slovenia by authorisation or at the request of the Court or Prosecutor.
(2) An order by which passage across the territory of the Republic of Slovenia is allowed shall be issued to persons referred to in the previous paragraph by the Ministry. If necessary, such passage shall be accompanied and protected by the police.

Article 22
Judges, the Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor, Secretary, Deputy Secretary, staff of the prosecutor's office and secretary's office of the Court who are co-operating in the work of the Court or in connection with its work and are located on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia or work in it under the provisions of this Act, shall enjoy privileges, immunities and advantages necessary for performing their tasks, as determined in the Agreement on privileges and immunities of the International Criminal Court.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 48
Privileges and immunities
1. The Court shall enjoy in the territory of each State Party such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes.
2. The judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors and the Registrar shall, when engaged on or with respect to the business of the Court, enjoy the same privileges and immunities as are accorded to heads of diplomatic missions and shall, after the expiry of their terms of office, continue to be accorded immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and acts performed by them in their official capacity.
3. The Deputy Registrar, the staff of the Office of the Prosecutor and the staff of the Registry shall enjoy the privileges and immunities and facilities necessary for the performance of their functions, in accordance with the agreement on the privileges and immunities of the Court.
4. Counsel, experts, witnesses or any other person required to be present at the seat of the Court shall be accorded such treatment as is necessary for the proper functioning of the Court, in accordance with the agreement on the privileges and immunities of the Court.
5. The privileges and immunities of:
(a) A judge or the Prosecutor may be waived by an absolute majority of the judges;
(b) The Registrar may be waived by the Presidency;
(c) The Deputy Prosecutors and staff of the Office of the Prosecutor may be waived by the Prosecutor;
(d) The Deputy Registrar and staff of the Registry may be waived by the Registrar.