Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. a (i)

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In addition to other grounds of criminal responsibility under this Statute for crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court: (a) A military commander or person effectively acting as a military commander shall be criminally responsible for crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court committed by forces under his or her effective command and control, or effective authority and control as the case may be, as a result of his or her failure to exercise control properly over such forces, where: (i) That military commander or person either knew or, owing to the circumstances at the time, should have known that the forces were committing or about to commit such crimes; and
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
  • N.A.
Year
1998
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), Article 29, a (i).
Paragraph focus
Responsibility of commanders and other superiors
Paragraph info
Article 29
Paragraph number
a (i)