New International Criminal Court Regulations

15/02/2008

The Australian Government has gazetted the International Criminal Court Regulations 2008 under s188 of the International Criminal Court Act 2002. The purpose of the regulations, as stated in the explanatory memorandum, is to prescribe 11 statutory forms that specify the format and content of certain notices, warrants and applications.

The The Act�implements Australia’s international obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the Statute) which Australia signed on 9 December 1998. The statute imposes certain obligations on State Parties to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court (ICC). These obligations include, amongst other things, cooperation in the request for the arrest or provisional arrest of a person and the surrender of a person to the ICC and assistance with the forfeiture of property related to crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC.

The Act prescribes procedures which govern Australia’s cooperation with the ICC, including requirements for certain notices, applications, authorisations and warrants to be executed in a prescribed form.

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15 February 2008