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Law on the implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the prosecution of criminal offences against international law of war and humanitarian law

LAW on the Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Prosecution of Crimes against International Law of War and Humanitarian Law

IV. LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Article 22

(1) The criminal proceedings conducted before a court in the Republic of Croatia and suspended to enable the proceedings before the International Criminal Court may be resumed before the competent court of the Republic of Croatia if the International Criminal Court has not decided on the guilt of the person indicted for one or more crimes for which criminal proceedings were conducted in the Republic of Croatia. In this case a final adjudication of the court in the Republic of Croatia may be enforced, or the suspended enforcement of the adjudication continued, and the criminal prosecution which may have been prevented by the proceedings conducted before the International Criminal Court may be instituted.

(2) When the judgement of the International Criminal Court only includes some of the crimes for which there is a final adjudication of a court in the Republic of Croatia, the court of the Republic of Croatia shall alter its sentence, implementing in an appropriate manner the provisions of the Law on Criminal Procedure related to the alteration of adjudication in accordance with the rules on the renewal of proceedings.

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