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

39 Procedure where competing request relating to same conduct from a foreign country that is not a party to the Statute

If Australia is under an international obligation to extradite the person to the foreign country, the Attorney-General must determine whether to surrender the person or to extradite the person to the foreign country.

In making the determination under subsection (6), the Attorney-General must consider all relevant matters, including, but not limited to:

the respective dates of the requests; and

the interests of the foreign country, including, if relevant, whether the crime was committed in its territory and the nationality of the victims and of the person sought; and

the possibility of subsequent surrender between the ICC and the foreign country.

Keywords

Competing request - same conduct - State not Party - international obligation



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