Cooperation Challenges faced by the Court with respect to Financial Investigations
Technical Event to Enhance Cooperation |
The Hague | Netherlands (the) | Western European and other States
This seminar brought together 32 legal, financial and other expert participants from 11 different States Parties (Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Netherlands, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom) to the Rome Statute, as well as 5 other organizations (Basel Institute on Governance [via its International Center for Asset Recovery], Eurojust, Europol, Institute for International Criminal Investigations [ICCI], Justice Rapid Response [JRR]). This event provided the Court with a unique opportunity to explore with partners and experts matters related to financial investigations, including with regard to tracing, freezing, seizing and recovering stolen assets. While the ICC has no jurisdiction over crimes related to corruption or money laundering, efforts in this regard are becoming increasingly indispensable to the fight against impunity for Rome Statute crimes, especially given the fact that such crimes are often linked to transnational or organized crime and that perpetrators themselves are in many instances involved in financial crimes. The seminar was organized in close cooperation with the International Center for Asset Recovery, and was made possible thanks to funding from European Commission, Luxembourg and the International Center for Asset Recovery.
Report on cooperation challenges faced by the Court with respect to financial investigations: English, Français, Español
ICC technical events focus on enhancing cooperation at operational levels amongst senior legal officials and other experts in Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Ministries of Justice, Ministries of Interior, as well as regional and international organisations, so as to allow the Court to carry out its mandate in an efficient and effective manner. In this regard, the Court’s technical events are specific in nature, focusing in particular on technical issues such as victim and witness protection, cooperation agreements, investigations, freezing of assets, arrest and surrender, enforcement of sentences, implementing legislation, ratification of the Rome Statute, strategies and policies, and the role of national experts in international criminal justice matters.
