Serbia

Law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court

I BASIC PROVISIONS

Decision of the International Criminal Court as a Reason for Re-opening Criminal Proceedings

Article 9

If an accused person has been finally convicted by a judgement formerly passed by the local court, being acquitted thereupon for the same criminal offence following a decision taken by the International Criminal Court, the competent Public Prosecutor shall, by virtue of authority, request from the court in the Republic of Serbia having proceeded in the first instance, to reopen the criminal proceeding, in accordance with analogous application of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, and pass a judgement acquitting the accused person of charges, and/or a judgement dismissing the charges against the accused person.

The request from paragraph 1 of this Article may be submitted both by the accused person and the defence counsel thereof.

Keywords

Admissibility challenge
Complementarity
Jurisdiction



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