Volume II, s.6 International Criminal Proceedings, 30 Pre-Trial Proceedings, Ch.30.3 Arrest Proceedings in the Custodial State
Bert Swart
From: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Edited By: Professor Antonio Cassese, Professor Paola Gaeta, Mr John R.W.D. Jones
In a series of three articles, the Statute of the International Criminal Court provides a basis for the deprivation of liberty of persons suspected or accused of having committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court. 1 While Article 58 is concerned with the issuance by the Pre-Trial Chamber of warrants for the arrest or provisional arrest of the person and Article 60 with his continued detention after having been transferred to the seat of the Court, Article 59 covers the intermediate stage: the arrest and physical surrender of the person by the requested...