Rome Statutes of the ICC: Articles 47-50 Conduct of Employment at the ICC

Article 47 - Disciplinary measures

A judge, Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor, Registrar or Deputy Registrar who has committed misconduct of a less serious nature than that set out in article 46, paragraph 1, shall be subject to disciplinary measures, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.

Article 48 - Privilege and immunities

The Court shall enjoy in the territory of each State Party such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfillment of its purposes.  

The judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors and the Registrar shall, when engaged on or with respect to the business of the Court, enjoy the same privileges and immunities as are accorded to heads of diplomatic missions and shall, after the expiry of their terms of office, continue to be accorded their immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and acts performed by them in their official capacity.

The Deputy Registrar, the staff of the Office of the Prosecutor and the staff of the Registry shall enjoy the privileges and immunities and facilities necessary for the performance of their functions, in accordance with the agreement on the privileges and immunities of the Court.

The privileges and immunities of: A judge or the Prosecutor may be waived by an absolute majority of the judges;

The Registrar may be waived by the Presidency;

The Deputy Prosecutors and staff of the Office of the Prosecutor may be waived by the Prosecutor;

The Deputy Registrar and staff of the Registry may be waived by the Registrar.

Article 49  - Salaries, allowances and expenses

The judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors, the Registrar and the Deputy Registrar shall receive such salaries, allowances and expenses as may be decided upon by the Assembly of States Parties.  These salaries and allowances shall not be reduced during their terms of office.

Article 50  Official and working languages

The official languages of the Court shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  The judgements of the Court, as well as other decisions resolving fundamental issue before the Court, shall be published in the official languages.  The Presidency shall, in accordance with he criteria established by the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,  determine which decisions may be considered as resolving fundamental issues for the purposes of this paragraph.

The working languages of the Court shall be English and French.  The Rules of Procedure and Evidence shall determine the cases in which other official languages may be used as working languages.

At the request of any party to a proceeding or a State allowed to intervene in a proceeding, the Court shall authorize a language other than English or French to be used by such a party or State, provided that the Court considers such authorization to be adequately justified.