Table of Contents

• Author: International Criminal Court
• Pages: 4-7

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE 1

PART 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT 2

Article 1 The Court 2

Article 2 Relationship of the Cou rt with the United Nations 2

Article 3 Seat of the Court 2

Article 4 Legal statu s and powers of the Court 2

PART 2. JURISDICTION, ADMISSIBILITY AND APPLICABLE LAW 3

Article 5 Crimes w ithin the jurisdic tion of the Court 3

Artic le 6 Genocide 3

Article 7 Crimes aga inst humanity 3

Artic le 8 War crimes 5

Artic le 8 bis Crime of agg ression 10

Artic le 9 Elements of Cr imes 11

Artic le 10 11

Artic le 11 Jurisd iction ratione temporis 11

Article 1 2 P reconditions to the exercise of jur isdiction 12

Artic le 13 Exercise of jurisdiction 12

Article 14 Referral of a situat ion by a State Party 12

Artic le 15 Prosecutor 13

Artic le 15 bis Exercise of jur isdiction over the cri me of aggression

(State referral, proprio motu) 13

Artic le 15 ter Exercis e of jurisdiction over the c rime of aggression

(Securit y Council refer ral) 14

Article 16 Deferral of invest igation or prosecution 15

Article 17 Issues of admiss ibility 15

Article 18 Prelimin ary ruling s regarding admissibi lity 16

Article 19 Challenges to the ju risdiction of the Cour t or

the admissib ility of a case 16

Artic le 20 Ne bis in idem 18

Artic le 21 Applicable law 18

PART 3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW 20

Artic le 22 Nullum crimen sine lege 20

Artic le 23 Nulla poena sine lege 20

Article 24 Non-retroactivity ratione personae 20

Article 2 5 I ndividual crim inal responsibilit y 20

Article 26 Exclusion of juri sdiction over persons under eig hteen 21

Article 27 Irrelevance of of f‌icial capacity 21

Article 2 8 R esponsibility of comma nders and other superiors 22

Article 29 Non-applicability of stat ute of limitations 22

Artic le 30 Mental element 22