Article 19 Witnesses

1.

a)

Immunity from personal arrest or detention;

b)

Without prejudice to subparagraph (d) below, immunity from seizure of their personal baggage unless there are serious grounds for believing that the baggage contains articles the import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the State Party concerned;

c)

Immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in the course of their testimony, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after their appearance and testimony before the Court;

d)

Inviolability of papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to their testimony;

e)

For purposes of their communications with the Court and counsel in connection with their testimony, the right to receive and send papers and documents in whatever form;

f)

Exemption from immigration restrictions or alien registration when they travel for purposes of their testimony;

g)

The same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to diplomatic agents under the Vienna Convention.

2.