Notice to appear shall be personally served not less than 21 days before the new hearing.

The EU calls on Croatia to ensure judicial independence is guaranteed with respect to appointments to the position of Court Presidents.

As an alternative to seeking a warrant of arrest, the Prosecutor may submit an application requesting that the Pre-Trial Chamber issue a summons for the person to appear.

The EU underlines the importance of providing courts with sufficient resources to perform their duties and calls on Croatia to enhance and accelerate its efforts to implement the functional and physical mergers of municipal and misdemeanour courts as well as of prosecutor's offices and to adopt a clearly defined plan for rationalisation of county courts and commercial courts.

If the Pre-Trial Chamber is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person committed the crime alleged and that a summons is sufficient to ensure the person's appearance, it shall issue the summons, with or without conditions restricting liberty (other than detention) if provided for by national law, for the person to appear.

The EU also calls on Croatia to demonstrate an end to any bias in war crimes cases and ensure impartial handling of cases by the law enforcement bodies and courts, including through prioritisation of investigations and application of a uniform standard of criminal responsibility.

(c) Unless the Pre-Trial Chamber orders otherwise, the Prosecutor shall provide the relevant information to the person who has been arrested or appeared in response to a summons in connection with the investigation referred to in subparagraph (a), in order that he or she may be heard on the matter.

(5) invites the Committee of Ministers to issue terms of reference to the competent bodies with a view to preparing, by June 2012, specific proposals for measures requiring amendment of the Convention; these terms of reference should include proposals for a filtering mechanism within the Court and the study of measures making it possible to simplify the amendment of the Convention;

With regard to access to the Court, the Conference calls upon the Committee of Ministers to consider any additional measure which might contribute to a sound administration of justice and to examine in particular under what conditions new procedural rules or practices could be envisaged, without deterring well-founded applications.

(1) If a writ of execution for a money claim is carried out against the state, local community or their bodies or organisations, the court must, before issuing the decision on the execution, notify the body or organisation with an invitation to avoid the execution by voluntarily fulfilling the obligation.

With regard to the high number of inadmissible applications, the Conference invites the Committee of Ministers to consider measures that would enable the Court to concentrate on its essential role of guarantor of human rights and to adjudicate well-founded cases with the necessary speed, in particular those alleging serious violations of human rights.

Upon the surrender of the person to the Court, or the person's appearance before the Court voluntarily or pursuant to a summons, the Pre-Trial Chamber shall satisfy itself that the person has been informed of the crimes which he or she is alleged to have committed, and of his or her rights under this Statute, including the right to apply for interim release pending trial.

The EU calls on Croatia to ensure the efficient and effective handling of corruption and organised crime cases by USKOK, the police and the courts, including improved interagency cooperation, especially among law enforcement bodies and in the area of financial cooperation and data handling, and the establishment and implementation of memoranda of understanding and cooperation protocols.

A person summoned before the competent court of the requesting State as a result of the opposition he has lodged shall not be proceeded against, sentenced or detained with a view to the carrying out of a sentence or detention order nor shall he for any other reason be restricted in his personal freedom for any act or offence which took place prior to his departure from the territory of the requested State and which is not specified in the summons unless he expressly consents in writing.

Calls upon all parties to armed conflict to respect fully international law applicable to the rights and protection of women and girls, especially as civilians, in particular the obligations applicable to them under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, the Refugee Convention of 1951 and the Protocol thereto of 1967, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979 and the Optional Protocol thereto of 1999 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 and the two Optional Protocols thereto of 25 May 2000, and to bear in mind the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;

I know of examples in which our courts behaved exactly like this, leaning on the ultra-positivistic diction of Article 9 in the currently valid Public Media Act:

The Conference calls on the Court of Justice and the Commission to give overall consideration as soon as possible to the division of jurisdiction between the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, in particular in the area of direct actions, and to submit suitable proposals for examination by the competent bodies as soon as the Treaty of Nice enters into force.

If a witness who has been duly summoned fails to appear before the Court, the Court may impose upon him a pecuniary penalty not exceeding ECU 5 000 and may order that a further summons be served on the witness at his own expense.

judgments and orders by judicial authorities and bodies, and (b) generally, documents such as originating applications to the courts and steps in appellate proceedings, such as EN applications to set aside a judgment by default, appeals, applications for retrial or review, proceedings brought by parties or others against extra-judicial and judicial acts, intervention in legal proceedings, notifications and citations, summonses to preparatory inquiries, summonses to further hearings, notification of witnesses, etc.

further encourages the Government of Rwanda to make certain that all measures relating to the proper administration of Gacaca justice are implemented, in particular with regard to judicial procedure before such courts;