National procedures for execution of cooperation request

Latvia

Latvia - Criminal Procedure Code 2005 (2022) EN

Section 673. Types of International Co-operation

(3) Information regarding receipt, sending, course of execution of international criminal-legal co-operation requests and persons concerned by the international criminal-legal co-operation request shall be registered in the information system. The Cabinet shall determine the procedures for maintaining and using the information system, the amount of information to be included therein, the procedures for including, using and deleting information, the time periods for storing information, as well as the institutions, which shall be granted access to the information included in the information system, and the amount of information to be accessible to such institutions.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(a) The identification and whereabouts of persons or the location of items;

(b) The taking of evidence, including testimony under oath, and the production of evidence, including expert opinions and reports necessary to the Court;

(c) The questioning of any person being investigated or prosecuted;

(d) The service of documents, including judicial documents;

(e) Facilitating the voluntary appearance of persons as witnesses or experts before the Court;

(f) The temporary transfer of persons as provided in paragraph 7;

(g) The examination of places or sites, including the exhumation and examination of grave sites;

(h) The execution of searches and seizures;

(i) The provision of records and documents, including official records and documents;

(j) The protection of victims and witnesses and the preservation of evidence;

(k) The identification, tracing and freezing or seizure of proceeds, property and assets and instrumentalities of crimes for the purpose of eventual forfeiture, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties; and

(l) Any other type of assistance which is not prohibited by the law of the requested State, with a view to facilitating the investigation and prosecution of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.