Title: wetten.nl - Regeling - Notawisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Sierra Leone Tribunaal inzake het transport en de opslag van de archieven van het Tribunaal - BWBV0004843

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{"title": "wetten.nl - Regeling - Notawisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Sierra Leone Tribunaal inzake het transport en de opslag van de archieven van het Tribunaal - BWBV0004843", "content": "Notawisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Sierra\n                           Leone Tribunaal inzake het transport en de opslag van de archieven van het Tribunaal\n\nSPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE\n\nFreetown, 26 November 2010\n\nAgreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Special Court for Sierra\n                                          Leone in connection with the transportation and storage of the archives of the Special\n                                          Court\n\nThe Special Court for Sierra Leone (hereinafter referred to as \u201cSpecial Court\u201d) presents\n                                       its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\n                                       and has the honour to refer to the consultations between the Ministry and the National\n                                       Archives of the Netherlands (the Nationaal Archief, an Agency of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) on the one hand, and\n                                       the Special Court, on the other hand, on the transportation of the archives of the\n                                       Special Court to, and the storage of these archives at, the premises of the National\n                                       Archives of the Netherlands (hereinafter \u201cTransportation and Storage\u201d).\n\nAs a result of these consultations held in connection with the Transportation and\n                                       Storage of the Special Court\u2019s archives, the Special Court has the honour to propose\n                                       the following:\n\n1 The Transportation and Storage of the Special Court\u2019s archives shall be at the expense\n                                             of the Special Court.\n\n2 The Kingdom of the Netherlands shall only bear liability for damages and losses occurred\n                                             to the archives of the SCSL in case these damages and losses are the result of gross\n                                             negligence and intentional acts of its officers in connection with the Transportation\n                                             of the archives by the Royal Netherlands Air Force.\n\nDuring the Transportation and Storage of the Special Court\u2019s archives, the Special\n                                       Court (and upon its succession, the Residual Special Court) shall at all times retain\n                                       exclusive ownership of the archives and remain exclusively responsible for the \u201cChain\n                                       of Custody\u201d of the archives.\n\nIn accordance with Article 2 of the Headquarters Agreement between the Kingdom of\n                                       the Netherlands and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, of 19 June 2006, the provisions\n                                       of the Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations concerning\n                                       the Headquarters of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible\n                                       for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory\n                                       of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, concluded at New York on 29 July 1994, as amended\n                                       (hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe Agreement\u201d), shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in connection with the Transportation and Storage, in particular:\n\na) The archives of the Special Court, and in general all documents and materials made\n                                             available, belonging to or used by the Special Court, shall be inviolable, as mentioned\n                                             in Article IX of the Agreement;\n\nb) The assets, income and other property of the Special Court, shall be exempt from all\n                                             direct taxes, as mentioned in Article X of the Agreement;\n\nc) All persons referred to in Article XIV, XV, XVII, XVIII and XIX of the Agreement shall\n                                             have the right of unimpeded entry into, exit from and movement within the Kingdom\n                                             of the Netherlands, and they shall be granted facilities for speedy travel as mentioned\n                                             in Article XXIII of the Agreement.\n\n1 Operational arrangements shall be made in connection with the Transportation and Storage.\n\n2 The conditions of storage and access to the Special Court\u2019s archives shall be regulated\n                                             by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Special Court and the Kingdom of the\n                                             Netherlands.\n\nIf the abovementioned proposal is acceptable to the Ministry, the Special Court has\n                                    the honour to propose that this Note, together with the affirmative Note in reply\n                                    from the Ministry, shall constitute an Agreement between the Special Court for Sierra\n                                    Leone and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in connection with the Transportation and\n                                    Storage of the archives of the Special Court. This Agreement shall apply to the territory\n                                    of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe, and shall enter into force on the date\n                                    of the affirmative Note in reply from the Ministry, with retroactive effect as per\n                                    10 December 2010.\n\nThe Special Court for Sierra Leone avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the\n                                    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the assurances of its\n                                    highest consideration.\n\nBINTA MANSARAY\n\nRegistrar\n\nSpecial Court for Sierra Leone\n\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs\n\nThe Hague\n\nThe Hague, 14 December 2010\n\nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments\n                                       to the Special Court for Sierra Leone and has the honour to refer to the special Courts\u2019\n                                       Note of 26 November 2010, which reads as follows:\n\n[Red: (Zoals in Nr. I)]\n\nThe Ministry has the honour to inform the Special Court that the proposals set forth\n                                       in the Special Court\u2019s Note are acceptable to the Ministry and to confirm that the\n                                       Special Court\u2019s Note and this Note shall constitute an Agreement between the Kingdom\n                                       of the Netherlands and the Special Court for Sierra Leone in connection with the Transportation\n                                       and Storage of the archives of the Special Court. This Agreement shall apply to the\n                                       territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe, and shall enter into force\n                                       on the date of this affirmative Note in reply, with retroactive effect as per 10 December\n                                       2010.\n\nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands avails itself of\n                                       this opportunity to renew to the Special Court for Sierra Leone the assurances of\n                                       its highest consideration.\n\nSpecial Court for Sierra Leone\n\nJomo Kenyatta Road\n\nFreetown\n\nSierra Leone"}