The International Crimes Act, 2008
questioning a person who i s b eing investigated or
prosecuted, the Attorney-General may give authority for
the request to proceed if he is satisfied that—
(a) the request relates to an investigation being
conducted by the Prosecutor or any proceedings
before the ICC; and
(b) the person is or may be in Kenya.
(2) If the Attorney-General gives authority to
proceed—
(a) he shall forward the request to the appropriate
Kenyan agency; and
www.kenyalaw.org
(b) that agency shall, without delay—
(i) use its best endeavours to undertake the
questioning that the ICC has requested;
(ii) ensure that the answers to the questions put
are recorded in writing and make any other
report on the questioning as it considers to be
appropriate in the circumstances; and
(iii) advise the Attorney-General of the outcome
of those endeavours and, if relevant, deliver to
him the record and any report of the questioning.
Procedure where
questioning by
Kenyan agency.
(Cf. Rome Statute,
article55.)
85. (1) Where there are grounds to believe that a
person who is to be questioned by a Kenyan agency
following a request under paragraph 1 (c) of article 91 of
the Rome Statute has committed a crime within the
jurisdiction of the ICC, the person—
(a) shall not be compelled to incriminate himself or
herself or to confess guilt;
(b) shall not be subjected to any form of coercion,
duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment;
(c) shall, if questioned in a language other than a
language the person fully understands and speaks,
have, free of any cost, the assistance of a
competent interpreter and such translations as are
necessary to meet the requirements of fairness;
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