Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, para. 1d
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- 1. In addition to other grounds for excluding criminal responsibility provided for in this Statute, a person shall not be criminally responsible if, at the time of that person's conduct: (d) The conduct which is alleged to constitute a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been caused by duress resulting from a threat of imminent death or of continuing or imminent serious bodily harm against that person or another person, and the person acts necessarily and reasonably to avoid this threat, provided that the person does not intend to cause a greater harm than the one sought to be avoided. Such a threat may either be: (i) Made by other persons; or (ii) Constituted by other circumstances beyond that person's control.
- 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
- Year
- 1998
- Paragraph type
- Article
- Reference
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), Article 31, 1d.
- Paragraph focus
- Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility
- Paragraph info
- Article 31
- Paragraph number
- 1d
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