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Razglašam Zakon o ratifikaciji Šestega protokola k Splošnemu sporazumu o privilegijih in imunitetah Sveta Evrope (MGPPI), ki ga je sprejel Državni zbor Republike Slovenije na seji 31. maja 2000.

Ljubljana, 8. junija 2000

Ratificira se Šesti protokol k Splošnemu sporazumu o privilegijih in imunitetah Sveta Evrope, sestavljen v Strasbourgu 5. marca 1996.

Protokol se v angleškem izvirniku in v slovenskem prevodu glasi:

The member States of the Council of Europe, signatories hereto,
Having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”);
Having regard to Protocol No. 11 to the Convention, restructuring the control machinery established thereby, signed at Strasbourg on 11 May 1994 (hereinafter referred to as “Protocol No. 11 to the Convention”), which establishes a permanent European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Court”) to replace the European Commission and Court of Human Rights;
Also having regard to Article 51 of the Convention which specifies that judges are entitled, during the discharge of their functions, to the privileges and immunities provided for in Article 40 of the Statute of the Council of Europe and in the agreements made thereunder;
Recalling the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe, signed at Paris on 2 September 1949, (hereinafter referred to as “the General Agreement”), and its Second, Fourth and Fifth Protocols;
Considering that a new Protocol to the General Agreement is advisable to accord privileges and immunities to the judges of the Court;
Have agreed as follows:

In addition to the privileges and immunities specified in Article 18 of the General Agreement, judges shall be accorded in respect of themselves, their spouses and minor children the privileges and immunities, exemptions and facilities accorded to diplomatic envoys in accordance with international law.

For the purposes of this Protocol, the term “judges” means judges elected in accordance with Article 22 of the Convention as well as any ad hoc judge appointed by a State Party concerned in pursuance of Article 27, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

In order to secure for the judges complete freedom of speech and complete independence in the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in discharging their duties shall continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer engaged in the discharge of such duties.

Privileges and immunities are accorded to judges not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions. The plenary Court alone shall be competent to waive the immunity of judges; it has not only the right, but is under a duty, to waive the immunity of a judge in any case where, in its opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice, and where it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded.

1 The provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 4 of this Protocol shall apply to the Registrar of the Court and a Deputy Registrar formally notified as Acting Registrar to the States Parties to the Convention.
2 The provisions of Article 3 of this Protocol and Article 18 of the General Agreement shall apply to a Deputy Registrar of the Court.
3 The privileges and immunities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article are accorded to the Registrar and a Deputy Registrar not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves but to facilitate the discharge of their duties. The plenary Court alone shall be competent to waive the immunity of its Registrar and a Deputy Registrar; it has not only the right, but is under a duty, to waive such immunity in any case where, in its opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice, and where it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded.
4 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall be competent to waive, with the agreement of the President of the Court, the immunity of other staff members of the registry in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the General Agreement and having due regard to the considerations set out in paragraph 3.

1 Documents and papers of the Court, judges and registry, in so far as they relate to the business of the Court, shall be inviolable.
2 The official correspondence and other official communications of the Court, judges and the registry may not be held up or subjected to censorship.

1 This Protocol shall be open for signature by member States of the Council of Europe signatories to the General Agreement, which may express their consent to be bound by:
a signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or
b signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval.
2 Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

1 This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of one month after the date on which three Parties to the General Agreement have expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 or on the date of entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention, whichever is the later.
2 As regards any State Party to the General Agreement which shall subsequently sign this Protocol without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval or which shall ratify, accept or approve it, this Protocol shall enter into force one month after the date of such signature or after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

1 Any State may, at the time of its signature without reservation in respect of ratification, of its ratification or at any time thereafter, declare, by notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, that the present Protocol shall extend to all or any of the territories for whose international relations it is responsible and where the Convention and its Protocols apply.
2 The Protocol shall extend to the territory or territories named in the notification as from the thirtieth day after the receipt of this notification by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3 Any declaration made pursuant to paragraph 1 may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration, be withdrawn or modified by a notification addressed to the Secretary General. The withdrawal or modification shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of one month after the receipt of notification by the Secretary General.

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of:
a any signature;
b the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval;
c any date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with Articles 8 and 9;
d any other act, notification or communication relating to this Protocol.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol.
Done at Strasbourg, this 5th day of March 1996, in English and French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each member State of the Council of Europe.

Države članice Sveta Evrope, podpisnice tega protokola, so se
ob upoštevanju Konvencije o varstvu človekovih pravic in temeljnih svoboščin, podpisane v Rimu 4. novembra 1950, (v nadaljevanju “konvencija”),
ob upoštevanju Protokola št. 11 h konvenciji, ki preoblikuje nadzorne mehanizme, vzpostavljene s konvencijo, podpisanega v Strasbourgu 11. maja 1994, (v nadaljevanju “Protokol št. 11 h konvenciji”), s katerim se ustanavlja stalno Evropsko sodišče za človekove pravice (v nadaljevanju “sodišče”), ki nadomešča Evropsko komisijo in Sodišče za človekove pravice,
in ob upoštevanju 51. člena konvencije, ki navaja, da sodniki med opravljanjem svojih nalog uživajo privilegije in imunitete, predvidene v 40. členu Statuta Sveta Evrope in v sporazumih, sklenjenih na tej podlagi,
ob sklicevanju na Splošni sporazum o privilegijih in imunitetah Sveta Evrope, podpisan v Parizu 2. septembra 1949, (v nadaljevanju “splošni sporazum”) ter na njegov drugi, četrti in peti protokol,
glede na to, da je priporočljivo, da se sprejme nov protokol k splošnemu sporazumu, s katerim bodo sodnikom sodišča podeljeni privilegiji in imunitete,
sporazumele:

Poleg privilegijev in imunitet, navedenih v 18. členu splošnega sporazuma, sodniki sami kot tudi njihovi zakonci in mladoletni otroci uživajo privilegije in imunitete, oprostitve in olajšave, ki so v skladu z mednarodnim pravom podeljeni diplomatskim predstavnikom.

V tem protokolu izraz “sodniki” pomeni sodnike, izvoljene v skladu z 22. členom konvencije, kot tudi katerega koli sodnika ad hoc, ki ga imenuje država pogodbenica v skladu z drugim odstavkom 27. člena konvencije.

Da bi za sodnike zagotovili popolno svobodo govora in popolno neodvisnost pri opravljanju njihovih dolžnosti, uživajo še naprej imuniteto pred sodnim postopkom za vse izgovorjene ali zapisane besede in vsa dejanja, ki so jih storili pri opravljanju svojih dolžnosti, tudi če teh dolžnosti ne opravljajo več.

Sodnikom se privilegiji in imunitete ne podeljujejo v njihovo osebno korist, ampak zato, da se zagotovi neodvisno opravljanje njihovih nalog. Le plenum sodišča je pristojen, da odvzame imuniteto sodnikom; nima le pravice, ampak tudi dolžnost, da jo odvzame vedno, kadar bi po njegovem mnenju ovirala sodni postopek in kadar se lahko odvzame brez škode za namen, za katerega se podeljuje.

1. Določbe 1., 3. in 4. člena tega protokola se uporabljajo za sodnega tajnika oziroma za njegovega namestnika, za katerega je bilo državam pogodbenicam konvencije uradno sporočeno, da opravlja naloge sodnega tajnika.
2. Določbe 3. člena tega protokola in 18. člena splošnega sporazuma se uporabljajo za namestnika sodnega tajnika.
3. Privilegiji in imunitete iz prvega in drugega odstavka tega člena se sodnemu tajniku in njegovemu namestniku ne podeljujejo v njuno osebno korist, ampak za lažje opravljanje njunih nalog. Le plenum sodišča je pristojen, da odvzame imuniteto sodnemu tajniku in njegovemu namestniku; nima le pravice, ampak tudi dolžnost, da jima jo odvzame vedno, kadar bi po njegovem mnenju imuniteta ovirala sodni postopek in kadar se lahko odvzame brez škode za namen, za katerega se podeljuje.
4. Generalni sekretar Sveta Evrope je pristojen, da v soglasju s predsednikom sodišča odvzame imuniteto drugim uslužbencem sodne pisarne v skladu z 19. členom splošnega sporazuma in ob upoštevanju tretjega odstavka.

1. Dokumenti in listine sodišča, sodnikov in sodne pisarne so nedotakljivi, če se nanašajo na delovanje sodišča.
2. Uradni dopisi in druga uradna sporočila sodišča, sodnikov in sodne pisarne se ne smejo zadrževati ali cenzurirati.

1. Ta protokol je na voljo za podpis državam članicam Sveta Evrope, podpisnicam splošnega sporazuma, ki lahko izrazijo svoje soglasje, da jih zavezuje:
a) podpis brez pridržka glede ratifikacije, sprejetja ali odobritve ali
b) podpis s pridržkom ratifikacije, sprejetja ali odobritve, ki mu sledi ratifikacija, sprejetje ali odobritev.
2. Listine o ratifikaciji, sprejetju ali odobritvi se deponirajo pri generalnem sekretarju Sveta Evrope.

1. Ta protokol začne veljati prvi dan meseca po izteku enomesečnega obdobja od dne, ko so tri pogodbenice splošnega sporazuma izrazile svoje soglasje, da jih ta protokol zavezuje v skladu z določbami 7. člena ali z dnem začetka veljavnosti Protokola št. 11 h konvenciji, kar je kasneje.
2. Za vsako državo pogodbenico splošnega sporazuma, ki kasneje podpiše ta protokol brez pridržka glede ratifikacije, sprejetja ali odobritve ali ki ga ratificira, sprejme ali odobri, začne ta protokol veljati en mesec od dne takega podpisa ali od dne deponiranja listine o ratifikaciji, sprejetju ali odobritvi.

1. Država lahko ob podpisu brez pridržka glede ratifikacije, ob ratifikaciji ali kadar koli kasneje z uradnim obvestilom generalnemu sekretarju Sveta Evrope izjavi, da se ta protokol uporablja za vsa ozemlja ali za eno od njih, za mednarodne odnose katerih je odgovorna in za katera se uporabljajo konvencija in protokoli.
2. Ta protokol se začne uporabljati za vsa ozemlja, navedena v uradnem obvestilu, trideseti dan po dnevu, ko generalni sekretar prejme uradno obvestilo.
3. Vsaka izjava, dana v skladu s prvim odstavkom, se lahko za katero koli ozemlje, navedeno v taki izjavi, umakne ali spremeni z uradnim obvestilom generalnemu sekretarju. Tak umik ali sprememba začne veljati prvi dan v mesecu po izteku enomesečnega obdobja od dneva, ko generalni sekretar prejme uradno obvestilo.

Generalni sekretar Sveta Evrope uradno obvesti države članice Sveta o:
a) vsakem podpisu,
b) deponiranju vsake listine o ratifikaciji, sprejetju ali odobritvi,
c) vsakem datumu začetka veljavnosti tega protokola v skladu z 8. in 9. členom,
d) vsakem drugem aktu, uradnem obvestilu ali sporočilu v zvezi s tem protokolom.
Da bi to potrdili, so podpisani, ki so za to pravilno pooblaščeni, podpisali ta protokol.
Sestavljeno v Strasbourgu 5. marca 1996 v angleškem in francoskem jeziku, pri čemer sta obe besedili enako verodostojni, v enem izvodu, ki se shrani v arhivu Sveta Evrope. Generalni sekretar Sveta Evrope pošlje overjene kopije vsem državam članicam Sveta Evrope.

Za izvajanje protokola skrbi Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve.

Ta zakon začne veljati naslednji dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Republike Slovenije – Mednarodne pogodbe.