Chapter I. Legislative texts concerning the legal status of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

1. Australia

   AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH TO HELP THE INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS PERFORM THEIR FUNCTIONS, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES1

   PART 1. PRELIMINARY

   The objects of this Act

3. The objects of this Act are to enable the Commonwealth to cooperate with a Tribunal in the investigation and prosecution of persons accused of committing Tribunal offences, and in particular:

   (a) To enable the Tribunal to make request for assistance (see part 2): and (b) To provide for persons accused of Tribunal offences to be surrendered to the Tribunal (see part 3); and

   (c) To provide the Tribunal with other forms of assistance in the investigation and prosecution of Tribunal offences (see part 4); and

   (d) To enable the Tribunal to sit in Australia (see part 5); and

   (e) To enable forfeiture orders of the Tribunal to be enforced (see part 6). …

   PART 2. REQUESTS BY A TRIBUNAL FOR ASSISTANCE

   Tribunal may request assistance

7. (1) A request by a Tribunal for assistance that it needs to perform its functions in respect of an investigation or prosecution it is conducting or proposes to conduct, is to be made to the Attorney General, or a person authorized by the Attorney General.

   (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the request may be for assistance of one or more of the following types:

   (a) Arresting and surrendering to the Tribunal a person in relation to whom the Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant;

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   (b) Executing a request for search and seizure;

   (c) Obtaining evidence, a document or other article; (d) Providing a document or other record;

   (e) Locating and identifying a witness or suspect;

   (f) Arranging for a person to give evidence or assist an investigation; (g) Causing the forfeiture of property or the proceeds of crime; (h) Serving documents;

   (i) Arranging for the Tribunal to sit in Australia.

   (3) If a request by a Tribunal is made to, or received by, a person authorized under subsection (1), the request is taken for the purposes of this Act to have been made to, or received by, the Attorney General.

   Form of requests

8. (1) The request must be in writing and...