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Act on International Cooperation with the International Criminal Court
(Gesetz über die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof – IStGHG)

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Übersetzung durch Ute Reusch

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Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderung(en) des Gesetzes durch Artikel 6 des Gesetzes vom 10. Dezember 2019 (BGBl. I S. 2128)
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Part 1
Scope of application
Section 1Scope of application (Re Article 1, Article 17, Article 86 and Article 34 of the Rome Statute)
Part 2
Surrender
Section 2Principle (Re Article 89 (1), Article 91 (2) and (3) of the Rome Statute)
Section 3Request for surrender and prior criminal proceedings before Court or in foreign state (Re Article 89 (2) sentence 1 of the Rome Statute)
Section 4Request for surrender and request for extradition (Re Article 90 of the Rome Statute)
Section 5Surrender documentation (Re Article 91 (2) and (3), Article 111 of the Rome Statute)
Section 6Authorisation of surrender
Section 7Subject-matter jurisdiction
Section 8Local jurisdiction
Section 9Investigative measures (Re Article 59 (1) of the Rome Statute)
Section 10Arrest pending surrender (Re Article 59 (1) of the Rome Statute)
Section 11Provisional arrest pending surrender (Re Article 59 (1), Article 92 of the Rome Statute)
Section 12Warrant of arrest pending surrender
Section 13Provisional arrest
Section 14Procedure following apprehension based on warrant of arrest pending surrender (Re Article 59 (2) of the Rome Statute)
Section 15Procedure following provisional arrest
Section 16Decisions on arrest, suspending enforcement of warrant of arrest pending surrender (Re Article 59 (4) to (6) of the Rome Statute)
Section 17Review of detention
Section 18Enforcement of detention
Section 19Hearing of person pursued
Section 20Permissibility procedure
Section 21Conduct of oral hearing
Section 22Decision on permissibility
Section 23New decision on permissibility
Section 24Arrest to effect surrender
Section 25Speciality (Re Article 101 of the Rome Statute)
Section 26Request for surrender following extradition
Section 27Temporary surrender (Re Article 89 (4) of the Rome Statute)
Section 28German criminal proceedings and request for surrender
Section 29Surrender of property in surrender procedure
Section 30Seizure and search
Section 31Legal counsel
Section 32Simplified surrender procedure (Re Article 92 (3) sentence 2 of the Rome Statute)
Section 33Recourse to Federal Court of Justice
Part 3
Transit
Section 34Principle (Re Article 89 (3) of the Rome Statute)
Section 35Transit documentation (Re Article 89 (3) of the Rome Statute)
Section 36Jurisdiction
Section 37Transit procedure (Re Article 89 (3) (c) of the Rome Statute)
Section 38Multiple transit
Section 39Unscheduled landing (Re Article 89 (3) (e) of the Rome Statute)
Part 4
Mutual assistance by way of enforcement of Court decisions and orders
Section 40Principle
Section 41Enforcement of terms of imprisonment (Re Article 77 (1), Article 103 (1) and (2), Article 105, Article 106, Article 110 of the Rome Statute)
Section 42Escape and speciality (Re Article 108, Article 111 of the Rome Statute)
Section 43Enforcement of fines (Re Article 77 (2) (a), Article 109 (1) of the Rome Statute)
Section 44Enforcement of orders for confiscation of proceeds of crime (Re Article 77 (2), Article 109 (2) of the Rome Statute)
Section 45Enforcement of restitution orders (Re Article 75 (2), Article 109 of the Rome Statute)
Section 46Jurisdiction, recourse to Federal Court of Justice, legal counsel
Part 5
Other types of mutual assistance
Section 47Principle (Re Article 93 (1), Article 96 (1) and (2) of the Rome Statute)
Section 48Deferral of execution
Section 49Jurisdiction
Section 50Court decision
Section 51Surrender of property
Section 52Seizure and search, asset seizure
Section 53Appearance in court by witnesses
Section 54Temporary surrender (Re Article 93 (1) and (7) of the Rome Statute)
Section 55Temporary acceptance and transfer
Section 56Protection of persons (Re Article 93 (1) (j) of the Rome Statute)
Section 57Service (Re Article 58 (7) sentence 4, Article 93 (1) (d) of the Rome Statute)
Section 58Passing on of officially obtained information
Section 59Telecommunications surveillance and other measures without knowledge of person concerned (Re Article 93 (1) (l) of the Rome Statute)
Section 60Presence during rendering of mutual assistance (Re Article 99 (1) of the Rome Statute)
Section 61Court hearings (Re Article 3 (2) of the Rome Statute)
Section 62Direct execution by Court (Re Article 99 (4) (b) of the Rome Statute)
Section 63Institution of German criminal proceedings (Re Article 70 (4) of the Rome Statute)
Part 6
Outgoing requests
Section 64Form and content of requests (Re Article 93 (10), Article 96 (4) of the Rome Statute)
Section 65Return
Section 66Temporary transfer for German proceedings
Section 67Conditions
Part 7
Common provisions
Section 68Federal jurisdiction
Section 69German criminal proceedings and prior criminal proceedings before Court (Re Article 20 (2), Article 70 (2) of the Rome Statute)
Section 70Notification (Re Article 27 of the Rome Statute)
Section 71Costs (Re Article 100, Article 107 (2) of the Rome Statute)
Section 72Application of other procedural provisions
Section 73Restriction of basic rights