'Examination of places or sites - national procedures for ICC proceedings' in document 'UK - ICC Act (Overseas Territories) Order 2009'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART 3
OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE

Forms of assistance

Taking of fingerprints or non-intimate sample
38.—(1) The provisions of Schedule 4 have effect with respect to the taking of fingerprints or a non-intimate sample in response to a request from the ICC for assistance in obtaining evidence as to the identity of a person.

(2) In subsection (1) and that Schedule, “fingerprints” includes palm prints, and a non-intimate sample is—

(a) a sample of hair other than pubic hair,
(b) a sample taken from a nail or from under a nail,
(c) a swab taken from any part of a person’s body including the mouth but not any other body orifice,
(d) saliva,
(e) a footprint or a similar impression of any part of a person’s body other than a part of his hand.


Orders for exhumation
39. Proceedings before the ICC in respect of an ICC crime are criminal proceedings for the purposes of any power of a coroner under the law of the Territory to order exhumation.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 93
Other forms of cooperation
1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:
(g) The examination of places or sites, including the exhumation and examination of grave sites