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Chapter 54: Rome State of the International Criminal Court

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Chapter 54: Rome State of the International Criminal Court

pp. 397-416

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Jan Klabbers
, University of Helsinki
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www.icc-cpi.int/NR/rdonlyres/ADD16852-AEE9-4757-ABE7-9CDC7CF02886/283503/RomeStatutEng1.pdf

Concluded: 17 July 1998

In force: 1 July 2002

PART 1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT

  • Article 1 The Court 399

  • Article 2 Relationship of the Court with the United Nations 399

  • Article 3 Seat of the Court 399

  • Article 4 Legal status and powers of the Court 399

    • PART 2 JURISDICTION, ADMISSIBILITY AND APPLICABLE LAW

  • Article 5 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court 399

  • Article 6 Genocide 400

  • Article 7 Crimes against humanity 400

  • Article 8 War crimes 401

  • Article 9 Elements of Crimes 405

  • Article 10 405

  • Article 11 Jurisdiction ratione temporis 405

  • Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction 405

  • Article 13 Exercise of jurisdiction 406

  • Article 14 Referral of a situation by a State Party 406

  • Article 15 Prosecutor 406

  • Article 16 Deferral of investigation or prosecution 407

  • Article 17 Issues of admissibility 407

  • Article 20 Ne bis in idem 408

  • Article 21 Applicable law 408

    • PART 3 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW

  • Article 22 Nullum crimen sine lege 408

  • Article 23 Nulla poena sine lege 409

  • Article 24 Non-retroactivity ratione personae 409

  • Article 25 Individual criminal responsibility 409

  • Article 26 Exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen 410

  • Article 27 Irrelevance of official capacity 410

  • Article 28 Responsibility of commanders and other superiors 410

  • Article 29 Non-applicability of statute of limitations 410

  • Article 30 Mental element 411

  • Article 31 Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility 411

  • Article 32 Mistake of fact or mistake of law 412

  • Article 33 Superior orders and prescription of law 412

  • Article 86 General obligation to cooperate 412

  • Article 112 Assembly of States Parties 412

  • Article 119 Settlement of disputes 413

  • Article 120 Reservations 414

  • Article 121 Amendments 414

  • Article 122 Amendments to provisions of an institutional nature 414

  • Article 123 Review of the Statute 415

  • Article 124 Transitional Provision 415

  • Article 125 Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession 415

  • Article 126 Entry into force 415

  • Article 127 Withdrawal 416

  • Article 128 Authentic texts 416

    • The States Parties to this Statute,

    Conscious that all peoples are united by common bonds, their cultures pieced together in a shared heritage, and concerned that this delicate mosaic may be shattered at any time,

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