Contents
AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE 3
Preamble 3
Ⅰ. Objectives and tasks 5
ARTICLE 1. Role of the International Tracing Service 5
ARTICLE 2. Conservation, preservation, cataloguing and indexing 5
ARTICLE 3. Tracing 5
ARTICLE 4. Research 6
ARTICLE 5. Remembrance and commemoration 6
ARTICLE 6. Judicial support 6
ARTICLE 7. Other tasks 7
Ⅱ. Access to information, archives and documents 7
ARTICLE 8. Rules on access and use 7
ARTICLE 9. Copies of the archives and documents 8
ARTICLE 10. Remote access to the holdings at the International Tracing Service 8
Ⅲ. Protection of privacy 9
ARTICLE 11. Privacy 9
Ⅳ. Inviolability of archives and documents 10
ARTICLE 12. Inviolability 10
Ⅴ. Legal status 10
ARTICLE 13. International character and legal capacity 10
Ⅵ. Governance 10
ARTICLE 14. The International Commission 10
ARTICLE 15. Role of the International Commission 11
ARTICLE 16. Institutional Partner 12
ARTICLE 17. Advisory and subsidiary relations 12
ARTICLE 18. Observers 13
ARTICLE 19. Non-governmental organizations 13
ARTICLE 20. Appointment of the Director 13
ARTICLE 21. Responsibility of the Director 14
Ⅶ. Role of State Parties 14
ARTICLE 22. Assistance to the International Tracing Service 14
ARTICLE 23. Liaison Offices 15
ARTICLE 24. Support by the host country 15
Ⅷ. Voluntary contributions 15
ARTICLE 25. Voluntary contributions 15
IX. Final clauses 16
ARTICLE 26. Accession 16
ARTICLE 27. Denunciation 16
ARTICLE 28. Signature and provisional application 16
ARTICLE 29. Entry into force 17
ARTICLE 30. Depositary 17
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ON RELATIONS BETWEEN THE FEDERAL ARCHIVES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE 19
Preamble 19
ARTICLE 1. Definitions 20
ARTICLE 2. Institutional Partner 20
ARTICLE 3. Archival matters 20
ARTICLE 4. Human resources management 21
ARTICLE 5. Preparation of the budget 21
ARTICLE 6. Additional matters 22
ARTICLE 7. Disputes between the International Tracing Service and the Institutional Partner 23
ARTICLE 8. Entry into force and duration 23
ARTICLE 9. Termination 23
ARTICLE 10. Assistance in the event of lapse or termination 24