The hearing of the Criminal Appeals Chamber is public, except if the person is a minor or if publicity is likely to prejudice the proper conduct of the proceedings in progress, the interests of a third party or the dignity of the person. In this case, the Criminal Appeals Chamber, at the request of the Public Prosecutor, the convicted person’s lawyer or of its own motion, will give a ruling in chambers, which may only be appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the ruling on the recognition and enforcement of the conviction.
The public prosecutor and, if one has been appointed, the convicted person’s lawyer are heard. The Criminal Appeals Chamber may decide to hear the convicted person or to have him or her heard by the competent authority of the convicting State.
The Criminal Appeals Chamber may, by a decision which is not subject to appeal, authorise the convicting State to intervene at the hearing through a person authorised by that State for that purpose. Where the convicting State is authorised to intervene, it shall not become a party to the proceedings.