Slovenia

Cooperation between the Republic of Slovenia and the International Criminal Court Act 2002

IV. EXERCISING THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT

Article 7
(1) The General Police Directorate or the state prosecutor's office of jurisdiction shall immediately forward notifications and possible documents about them that deal with one or more criminal offences alleged to have been committed on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
(2) The Ministry shall notify the Prosecutor that one or more criminal offences that are within the jurisdiction of the Court are alleged to have been committed on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia;
- if it receives notification of this as referred to in the previous paragraph, and
- if in view of data obtained from other national bodies there is an unwillingness or inability of the Republic of Slovenia to carry out an investigation or prosecution under the second or third paragraphs of Article 17 of the Statute.
(3) If the Prosecutor decides that there is no reasonable basis for the initiation of proceedings in compliance with the notification, the Ministry may request that the Pre-Trial Chamber rule on the Prosecutor's decision.

Article 8
(1) After receiving an official notification from the Prosecutor that, on the basis of notifications of the Security Council on criminal offences within the jurisdiction of the Court, or on his own initiative, he has initiated an investigation, the Ministry, on the basis of data from the competent national bodies, within one month of receipt of such a notification shall inform the Court that the Republic of Slovenia is carrying out or has carried out an investigation against its own citizens or other persons under its jurisdiction and request that the Prosecutor cede the investigation to the competent bodies of the Republic of Slovenia.
(2) In a case in which the Prosecutor has ceded a matter to the competent bodies of the Republic of Slovenia, these must, at his request, regularly inform him of the course of an investigation.

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