Croatia

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

IV. LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
RESUMPTION OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Article 22
(1) The criminal proceedings conducted before the 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 accused for one or more criminal offences for which criminal proceedings were conducted in the Republic of Croatia. In this case a final judgment of the court in the Republic of Croatia may be enforced, or the suspended enforcement of the judgment continued, and the criminal prosecution that may have been prevented by the proceedings conducted before the International Criminal Court may be instituted.
(2) When the judgment of the International Criminal Court only includes some of the criminal offences for which there is a final judgment of a court in the Republic of Croatia, the court of the Republic of Croatia shall alter its sentence with regard to punishment, implementing on the appropriate manner the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act related to the alteration of the judgment in accordance with the rules on the renewal of proceedings.

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