Article
1
Use of terms
For the purpose of this Agreement:
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a)
“accused” means a person referred to as such in the Statute;
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b)
“competent authorities” means national, provincial, municipal and other competent authorities under the laws, regulations and customs of the host State;
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c)
“defence counsel” means a person admitted as counsel by the Mechanism;
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d)
“experts on mission for the Mechanism” means those persons, other than officials of the Mechanism, who perform missions for the Mechanism;
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e)
“General Convention” means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 February 1946, to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands acceded on 19 April 1948;
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“host State” means the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
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“ICTR” means the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, established by the Security Council pursuant to its resolution 955 (1994);
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“ICTY” means the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, established by the Security Council pursuant to its resolutions 808 (1993) and 827 (1993);
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“interns” means graduate or postgraduate students or young professionals who, not being staff of the Mechanism, have been accepted by the Mechanism into the internship or fellowship programme of the Mechanism for the purpose of performing certain tasks for the Mechanism without receiving a salary from the Mechanism;
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j)
“judges” means the judges of the Mechanism elected or appointed in accordance with Article 10 of the Statute;
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“Mechanism” means the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, established by the Security Council pursuant to its resolution 1966 (2010);
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“Ministry of Foreign Affairs” means the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host State;
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“officials of the Mechanism” means the President, the judges, the Prosecutor, the Registrar and the staff of the Mechanism;
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“Parties” means the United Nations and the host State;
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“premises” means buildings, parts of buildings and areas, including installations and facilities made available to, maintained, occupied or used by the Mechanism in the host State in consultation with the host State, in connection with its functions and purposes, including detention of a person;
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p)
“President” means the President of the Mechanism appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Statute;
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q)
“Prosecutor” means the Prosecutor of the Mechanism appointed by the Security Council in accordance with Article 14, paragraph 4, of the Statute;
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“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Mechanism appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 15, paragraph 3, of the Statute;
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s)
“Resolution 1966” means Security Council resolution 1966 (2010) adopted on 22 December 2010, which established the Mechanism;
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t)
“Rules of Procedure and Evidence” means the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Mechanism adopted in accordance with Article 13 of the Statute;
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“Secretary-General” means the Secretary-General of the United Nations;
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“staff of the Mechanism” means the staff of the Registry as referred to in Article 15, paragraph 4, of the Statute and the staff of the Office of the Prosecutor as referred to in Article 14, paragraph 5, of the Statute;
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“Statute” means the Statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, as annexed to Security Council resolution 1966 (2010);
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“Vienna Convention” means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations done at Vienna on 18 April 1961, to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands acceded on 7 September 1984; and
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“witnesses” means persons designated as such by the Mechanism.