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

III. NOTIFICATION TO THE PROSECUTOR AND PROCEDURES UPON THE PROSECUTOR'S NOTIFICATION

ACTION OF THE STATE ATTORNEYS AND OTHER COMPETENT STATE AUTHORITIES
Article 19

(1) Upon receipt of the notification referred to in Article 18 paragraph 1 of this Law, the State Attorney General of the Republic of Croatia and other competent state authorities, unless a legal proceedings to this effect is already under way in the Republic of Croatia, shall according to the law take urgent action to determine if there is a reasonable basis that the particular person committed a criminal offence referred to in Article 5 of the Statute and conduct necessary investigation and report without delay to the Government on the action thus taken.
(2) Within one month as of the receipt of the notification the Government shall notify the Prosecutor if the criminal prosecution is under way in the Republic of Croatia.
(3) If the criminal prosecution has been commenced in the Republic of Croatia, the Government may request the International Criminal Court to have case investigation referred to it.
(4) If the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court, in spite of the readiness to conduct criminal proceedings in the Republic of Croatia, authorizes the Prosecutor to commence investigation, the Republic of Croatia may file a complaint in accordance with the Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
(5) The State Attorney General shall regularly report to the Government on actions taken and procedures conducted and the Government shall pass on such information to the Prosecutor, if necessary or upon its request.

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