States Parties shall cooperate fully with the Court in the investigation, prosecution, trial, sentencing, and enforcement of matters falling within the jurisdiction of the Court.
Cooperation shall include, where lawfully required: a. the identification and location of persons subject to Court warrants or sentences; b. the arrest, detention, and lawful holding of persons subject to Court warrants for investigation, trial, appeal, or enforcement of a Court sentence; c. the surrender or transfer of persons to the custody of the Court where required; d. the collection, preservation, authentication, and transmission of evidence; e. the taking and transmission of witness testimony; f. searches, seizures, freezing, confiscation, and recovery of property and proceeds of crime; g. the protection and relocation of victims and witnesses; h. the enforcement of Court-imposed imprisonment, fines, confiscation orders, restitution orders, deportation or removal orders, and other lawful sentences within the territory of the State Party; i. the enforcement of a Court-imposed death sentence where the State Party lawfully permits capital punishment and agrees to enforce the sentence; j. prisoner transfers and arrangements for enforcement of sentences; k. the lawful deportation, removal, or transfer of persons where ordered by the Court; l. assistance with forensic examinations and investigations; and m. any other lawful form of assistance requested by the Court.
A State Party may, in accordance with its national law and this Treaty, detain and hold a person within its territory pursuant to a valid Court warrant or final judgment, including for the purpose of bringing that person before the Court or enforcing a Court sentence.
A State Party may enforce a Court sentence within its own territory where the State is legally authorised and willing to do so.
Where the sentence imposed by the Court is imprisonment, a State Party may hold the convicted person in a lawful prison or other authorised custodial facility for the period ordered by the Court.
Where the sentence includes a fine, confiscation, forfeiture, restitution, or recovery of proceeds of crime, the State Party shall, where lawfully possible, assist in enforcing and recovering the amounts or property ordered by the Court.
Where the Court has imposed a death sentence, a State Party whose law permits capital punishment may, where lawfully authorised, detain and enforce that sentence in accordance with the judgment of the Court, this Treaty, and the State's applicable law.
A State Party whose law does not permit capital punishment may refuse to carry out or permit transfer for the purpose of carrying out a death sentence. That refusal shall not invalidate, cancel, or permanently extinguish the death sentence imposed by the Court.
Where a State Party cannot or will not enforce a particular Court sentence, the State shall, where lawfully possible, cooperate with the Court in identifying another State Party or jurisdiction capable of enforcing the sentence.
The Court may enter agreements or arrangements with States Parties establishing procedures for cooperation, including procedures for urgent requests and electronic transmission of information.
States Parties shall designate competent national authorities responsible for receiving and responding to requests for cooperation from the Court.
Requests for cooperation may be transmitted through secure electronic systems or other reliable means established by the Court.
Where urgent action is necessary to prevent the destruction of evidence, protect a person from serious harm, prevent the escape of a suspect, or prevent the continuation of serious criminal conduct, the Court may issue an urgent request for cooperation.
States Parties shall, to the extent lawfully possible, give urgent requests priority.
A State Party shall not refuse cooperation solely because the conduct alleged against a person is considered political, involves a person holding public office, or concerns a person of high social, economic, military, religious, or political status.
No Head of State, Head of Government, monarch, minister, elected representative, military commander, public official, religious leader, or other person holding public authority shall receive special treatment that prevents lawful cooperation with the Court.
Where a State Party believes that a request for cooperation conflicts with an important requirement of its national law, the State shall promptly communicate the reasons to the Court and seek to resolve the matter through consultation.
A State Party shall not deliberately obstruct, delay, conceal, or frustrate a lawful investigation, prosecution, arrest, detention, transfer, trial, or enforcement action of the Court.
Where a State Party fails to cooperate without lawful justification, the Court may refer the matter to the Assembly of States Parties and may take other measures authorised by this Treaty and the Rules of the Court.
The Court may cooperate with non-State authorities, international organisations, humanitarian organisations, human-rights organisations, law-enforcement organisations, forensic institutions, civil-society organisations, and other competent bodies where such cooperation assists the administration of justice.
Cooperation with an organisation or body shall not compromise the independence or impartiality of the Court.
The Court may receive information, evidence, intelligence, reports, expert assessments, and other material from organisations and bodies that the Court considers reliable.
The Court may establish agreements for the secure exchange of information and evidence with cooperating States and organisations.
Confidential information provided to the Court in confidence shall be protected in accordance with the Treaty and the Rules of the Court, unless disclosure is lawfully authorised or required for the fair determination of proceedings.
States Parties shall cooperate in preventing persons subject to Court warrants or final sentences from deliberately evading justice by transferring assets, changing identity, concealing their location, or moving between jurisdictions.
States Parties shall, to the extent lawfully possible, assist the Court in tracing and recovering proceeds of crime and property connected to offences within the jurisdiction of the Court.
The Court may cooperate with States that are not Parties to this Treaty where those States voluntarily agree to cooperate or where cooperation is otherwise permitted by a lawful international agreement.
A State that is not a Party to this Treaty may voluntarily accept the jurisdiction of the Court for a particular matter or category of conduct in accordance with procedures established by the Court.
Nothing in this Article shall require a State to act in violation of its fundamental constitutional or legal obligations. Where such an obligation prevents a requested measure, the State shall communicate the reason to the Court and, where possible, propose an alternative form of cooperation.
International cooperation under this Article shall be conducted in good faith and in a manner consistent with the independence of the Court, the rights of accused persons, and the protection of victims and witnesses.
The Court shall maintain appropriate records of requests for cooperation and their outcomes and may publish information concerning cooperation where doing so is consistent with judicial integrity, confidentiality requirements, and the safety of persons involved.
The Rules of the Court shall establish detailed procedures governing requests for cooperation, urgent requests, arrest and detention, surrender and transfer, evidence, information sharing, asset recovery, prisoner transfer, sentence enforcement, and other forms of international assistance.