Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1b
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1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where: (b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute;
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
Vote
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
N.A.
Year
1998
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), Article 17, 1b.