Volume I, s.2 Structure of the ICC, 4 The Court, Ch.4.1 Seat of the Court
Adriaan Bos
From: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Edited By: Professor Antonio Cassese, Professor Paola Gaeta, Mr John R.W.D. Jones
Part 1, Establishment of the Court, comprises Articles 1–4. These articles are closely interrelated and deal with the legal status of the Court. Articles 1, 2, and 4 complement Article 3 dealing with the seat of the Court proper. Article 3 deals with three separate questions. In the first paragraph the location of the seat is determined. The second paragraph deals with the conclusion of a Headquarters Agreement with the Netherlands, the Host State. The third paragraph provides that the Court may sit outside The Hague, whenever it considers it desirable, as...