Provisional Memorandum of Understanding on the Privileges and Immunities Between The International Criminal Court and the Democratic Republic of Congo

ICC-CPI-20041012-79

A provisional Memorandum of Understanding on the Privileges and Immunities of the Court was signed this Tuesday 12 October 2004 between the International Criminal Court and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This agreement should facilitate the activities of the ICC on Congolese territory whilst awaiting the ratification by the Congolese authorities of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court (APIC). It guarantees in particular that the Court will be able to carry out its activities in the field independently, safely and confidentially. 

The agreement was signed a few days after an agreement on judicial cooperation was concluded, on 6 October, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC.