Involvement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in joint investigation teams

Involvement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in joint investigation teams EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation Involvement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in JOINT INVESTIGATION TEAMS A joint investigation team (JIT) is one of the most Parties vs Participantsadvanced tools used in international cooperation in criminal mat. [...] The Rome ‘participant’ in a JIT, its position would need to be Statute does not include explicit rules that determine clarified in detail in the JIT agreement with the the status of the ICC-OTP in a JIT, nor do the provisions specification of its role and eventual access to the of Article 13 of the Convention on Mutual Assistance in evidence gathered, as was the case for the JIT Criminal Matters (. [...] While the JITs legal framework allows for ‘other persons than representatives of competent authorities of the Therefore, a JIT agreement would need to determine parties setting up a JIT’ to take part in the activities of the ICC-OTP’s role, in particular taking into account the team, the rights of the JIT parties shall not apply to the national legislation of the involved countries and these perso. [...] 3 Involvement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in joint investigation teams The benefits of the ICC-OTP’s involvement in a JIT The participation of the ICC-OTP in All of these means allow the ICC-OTP a JIT can facilitate and accelerate the to gather evidence efficiently and make implementation of the cooperation relevant contributions to JITs. [...] Eurojust, The Hague 6 Involvement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in joint investigation teams JITs Network Secretariat support provided to JITs with the ICC- OTP’s involvement, and in core international crimes The EU Network of National Experts on JITs (the JITs The JITs Network, together with the JNS and with Network) was established in 2005 to promote the sup.