Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Treaty shall, where possible, first be addressed through good-faith consultation between the parties concerned.
Where consultation does not resolve the dispute, the parties may seek mediation, conciliation, arbitration, or another peaceful method agreed between them.
Where a dispute concerns the interpretation or application of the Court's judicial powers, the Court may determine the matter within the limits of its jurisdiction under this Treaty.
A dispute between a State Party and the Court shall not permit the State Party to disregard a final lawful judgment or order of the Court merely because the State disagrees with it.
Nothing in this Article prevents the Court from continuing an investigation, trial, appeal, enforcement action, or other lawful proceeding while a dispute concerning cooperation or interpretation is being resolved.
The parties shall seek to resolve disputes without threats, retaliation, violence, coercion, or interference with judicial independence.
The Court may establish procedures for urgent resolution of disputes where delay could endanger victims, witnesses, evidence, persons in custody, or the administration of justice.
Dispute-resolution proceedings may be conducted remotely by secure video link where appropriate.
Records of final dispute-resolution decisions shall be maintained and, where appropriate, made publicly available subject to lawful confidentiality and security protections.
The Rules of the Court shall establish detailed procedures concerning consultation, mediation, arbitration, jurisdictional disputes, urgent disputes, cooperation disputes, and other matters arising under this Article.