Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART VIII
LEGAL STATUS OF THE ICC AND PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF OFFICIALS OF THE ICC


108. Legal personality and privileges and immunities -

(1) The ICC shall have legal personality in Samoa with such legal capacity as may be necessary for the performance of its functions and the fulfillment of its purposes.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the ICC shall have the capacity to contract, to acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property and to institute in legal proceedings, in Samoa.

(3) The Judges, the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorneys General, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, staff of the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Prosecutor and of the Registry, counsel, experts, witnesses, and other persons required to be in Samoa for the performance of official functions or for participation in proceedings before the ICC shall have the privileges and immunities set out in article 48 of the Statute and the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the ICC.

(4) Article 48 of the Statute and articles 2 to 11, 13 to 22, 25 to 27, 29 and 30 of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the ICC shall have the force of law in Samoa, and references in those articles to the State Party shall, for this purpose, be construed as references to Samoa.

Keywords

ICC privileges and immunities



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