Australia

International Criminal Court Act (2002), No. 41, 2002

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 3 Requests by the ICC for arrest and surrender of persons

Division 4—Surrender of persons

38 Procedure where competing request relating to same conduct from a foreign country that is a party to the Statute

(1) This section applies if:

section 37 applies; and

the foreign country is a party to the Statute.

(2) Priority must be given to the request from the ICC if:

(a) the ICC has, under article 18 or 19 of the Statute, made a determination that the case in respect of which surrender is sought is admissible and that determination takes into

account the investigation or prosecution conducted by the foreign country in respect of its request for extradition; or

(b) the ICC makes such a determination after receiving notification of the request for extradition from the foreign country.

(3) If the ICC has not made a determination referred to in subsection (2), then, pending the making of such a determination:

the steps required to be taken under the Extradition Act 1988 in relation to a request for extradition may continue to be taken; but

no person may be extradited under that Act pursuant to the request unless and until the ICC makes its determination on admissibility and determines that the case is inadmissible.

(4) Paragraph (3)(b) does not apply if the ICC does not make its determination on an expedited basis.

Keywords

Competing request - same conduct - State party



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