Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of documents
- I Introduction to the negotiation history
- II Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression
- III Historical documents
- IV Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010)
- 1995 Ad Hoc Committee
- 1996 Preparatory Committee, First and Second Session
- February 1997
- December 1997
- January 1998
- March/April 1998
- 1998
- February 1999
- July/August 1999
- November/December 1999
- March 2000
- November/December 2000
- February/March 2001
- September/October 2001
- April 2002
- July 2002
- September 2002
- 84 2002 Resolution on Continuity of Work in Respect of the Crime of Aggression
- 85 2002 Elements of Crimes
- September 2003
- June 2004
- June 2005
- December 2005
- June 2006
- November 2006
- January 2007
- June 2007
- December 2007
- June 2008
- November 2008
- February 2009
- April 2009
- June 2009
- November 2009
- March 2010
- May/June 2010
- V Index of Travaux Préparatoires
85 - 2002 Elements of Crimes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of documents
- I Introduction to the negotiation history
- II Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression
- III Historical documents
- IV Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010)
- 1995 Ad Hoc Committee
- 1996 Preparatory Committee, First and Second Session
- February 1997
- December 1997
- January 1998
- March/April 1998
- 1998
- February 1999
- July/August 1999
- November/December 1999
- March 2000
- November/December 2000
- February/March 2001
- September/October 2001
- April 2002
- July 2002
- September 2002
- 84 2002 Resolution on Continuity of Work in Respect of the Crime of Aggression
- 85 2002 Elements of Crimes
- September 2003
- June 2004
- June 2005
- December 2005
- June 2006
- November 2006
- January 2007
- June 2007
- December 2007
- June 2008
- November 2008
- February 2009
- April 2009
- June 2009
- November 2009
- March 2010
- May/June 2010
- V Index of Travaux Préparatoires
Summary
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General introduction
1. Pursuant to article 9, the following Elements of Crimes shall assist the Court in the interpretation and application of articles 6, 7 and 8, consistent with the Statute. The provisions of the Statute, including article 21 and the general principles set out in Part 3, are applicable to the Elements of Crimes.
2. As stated in article 30, unless otherwise provided, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court only if the material elements are committed with intent and knowledge. Where no reference is made in the Elements of Crimes to a mental element for any particular conduct, consequence or circumstance listed, it is understood that the relevant mental element, i.e., intent, knowledge or both, set out in article 30 applies. Exceptions to the article 30 standard, based on the Statute, including applicable law under its relevant provisions, are indicated below.
3. Existence of intent and knowledge can be inferred from relevant facts and circumstances.
4. With respect to mental elements associated with elements involving value judgement, such as those using the terms “inhumane” or “severe”, it is not necessary that the perpetrator personally completed a particular value judgement, unless otherwise indicated.
5. Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility or the absence thereof are generally not specified in the elements of crimes listed under each crime.
6. The requirement of “unlawfulness” found in the Statute or in other parts of international law, in particular international humanitarian law, is generally not specified in the elements of crimes.
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- The Travaux Préparatoires of the Crime of Aggression , pp. 418 - 420Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011