SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE
Freetown, 26 November 2010
Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Special Court for Sierra
Leone in connection with the transportation and storage of the archives of the Special
Court
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (hereinafter referred to as “Special Court”) presents
its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and has the honour to refer to the consultations between the Ministry and the National
Archives of the Netherlands (the Nationaal Archief, an Agency of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) on the one hand, and
the Special Court, on the other hand, on the transportation of the archives of the
Special Court to, and the storage of these archives at, the premises of the National
Archives of the Netherlands (hereinafter “Transportation and Storage”).
As a result of these consultations held in connection with the Transportation and
Storage of the Special Court’s archives, the Special Court has the honour to propose
the following:
In accordance with Article 2 of the Headquarters Agreement between the Kingdom of
the Netherlands and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, of 19 June 2006, the provisions
of the Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations concerning
the Headquarters of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible
for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory
of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, concluded at New York on 29 July 1994, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”), shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in connection with the Transportation and Storage, in particular:
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a) The archives of the Special Court, and in general all documents and materials made
available, belonging to or used by the Special Court, shall be inviolable, as mentioned
in Article IX of the Agreement;
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b) The assets, income and other property of the Special Court, shall be exempt from all
direct taxes, as mentioned in Article X of the Agreement;
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c) All persons referred to in Article XIV, XV, XVII, XVIII and XIX of the Agreement shall
have the right of unimpeded entry into, exit from and movement within the Kingdom
of the Netherlands, and they shall be granted facilities for speedy travel as mentioned
in Article XXIII of the Agreement.