BWBV0006683
Geldig vanaf 28-08-2018
Artikel 9
Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Oekraïne inzake internationale juridische samenwerking met betrekking tot misdrijven die verband houden met het neerhalen van vlucht MH17 van Malaysia Airlines op 17 juli 2014
1. If a person is present in the territory of Ukraine and has to be heard as a witness or expert for evidentiary purposes during the pre-trial stage or during trial, the competent authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands may request that the hearing take place by videoconference, in accordance with this Agreement.
2. The competent authorities of the Parties shall agree the practical arrangements, including the technical means and specifications for the use of videoconference and the persons participating in the hearing. When agreeing such arrangements, the competent authority of Ukraine shall undertake to:
a) summon the witness or expert concerned, indicating the time and the venue of the hearing;
b) establish the identity of the person to be heard.
3. Witnesses and experts may claim the right not to testify which would accrue to them under the law of either Party and shall be informed about this right in advance of the hearing.
4. Ukraine shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where the person is being heard within its territory in accordance with this Agreement and refuses to testify when under an obligation to testify or does not testify the truth, its national law applies in the same way as if the hearing took place in a national procedure.
5. Article 8, paragraphs 5 and 6, of this Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.
2. The competent authorities of the Parties shall agree the practical arrangements, including the technical means and specifications for the use of videoconference and the persons participating in the hearing. When agreeing such arrangements, the competent authority of Ukraine shall undertake to:
a) summon the witness or expert concerned, indicating the time and the venue of the hearing;
b) establish the identity of the person to be heard.
3. Witnesses and experts may claim the right not to testify which would accrue to them under the law of either Party and shall be informed about this right in advance of the hearing.
4. Ukraine shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where the person is being heard within its territory in accordance with this Agreement and refuses to testify when under an obligation to testify or does not testify the truth, its national law applies in the same way as if the hearing took place in a national procedure.
5. Article 8, paragraphs 5 and 6, of this Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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