Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Table of Contents  PREAMBLE  1 PART 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT  2 Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 2 2 2 2 The Court  Relationship of the Court with the United Nations  Seat of the Court  Legal status and powers of the Court  PART 2. JURISDICTION, ADMISSIBILITY AND APPLICABLE LAW  Article 5 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court  Article 6 Genocide  Article 7 Crimes against humanity  Article 8 War crimes  Article 8 bis Crime of aggression  Article 9 Elements of Crimes  Article 10  Article 11 Jurisdiction ratione temporis  Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction  Article 13 Exercise of jurisdiction  Article 14 Referral of a situation by a State Party  Article 15 Prosecutor  Article 15 bis Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (State referral, proprio motu)  Article 15 ter Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (Security Council referral)  Article 16 Deferral of investigation or prosecution  Article 17 Issues of admissibility  Article 18 Preliminary rulings regarding admissibility  Article 19 Challenges to the jurisdiction of the Court or the admissibility of a case  Article 20 Ne bis in idem  Article 21 Applicable law  3 3 3 3 5 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 16 PART 3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW  18 Article 22 Article 23 Article 24 Article 25 Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 Article 30 Article 31 Article 32 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 Nullum crimen sine lege  Nulla poena sine lege  Non-retroactivity ratione personae  Individual criminal responsibility  Exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen  Irrelevance of official capacity  Responsibility of commanders and other superiors  Non-applicability of statute of limitations  Mental element  Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility  Mistake of fact or mistake of law