Serbia

Law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court

I BASIC PROVISIONS

Complementarity Principle

Article 10

Criminal prosecution of accused persons for the criminal offences mentioned in Article 1 of this Law shall be undertaken by the competent Public Prosecutor, whereas they will be tried by the competent court in the Republic of Serbia.

The International Criminal Court shall be competent for conducting criminal proceedings against accused persons for the criminal offences mentioned in Article 1 of this Law where the state authorities of the Republic of Serbia would be normally competent, solely if the requirements from Article 17 of the Statute are met.

If the Republic of Serbia finds the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to be based contrary to paragraph 2 of this Article, it has the right to object to incompetence or inadmissibility to institute and conduct criminal proceedings, in accordance with Article 19 of the Statute. Prior to objecting the Ministry shall obtain an opinion from the Supreme Court of Cassation.

Keywords

Complementarity
Jurisdiction



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