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ARTICLE-15: Prosecutor     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 6. If, after the preliminary examination referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Prosecutor concludes that the information provided does not constitute a reasonable basis for an investigation, he or she shall inform those who provided the information. This shall not preclude the Prosecutor from considering further information submitted to him or her regarding the same situation in the light of new facts or evidence. ...


ARTICLE-18: Preliminary rulings regarding admissibility     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Within one month of receipt of that notification, a State may inform the Court that it is investigating or has investigated its nationals or others within its jurisdiction with respect to criminal acts which may constitute crimes referred to in article 5 and which relate to the information provided in the notification to States. At the request of that State, the Prosecutor shall defer to the State's investigation of those persons unless the Pre-Trial Chamber, on the application of the Prosecutor, decides to authorize the investigation. ...


ARTICLE-27: Irrelevance of official capacity     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence. ...


ARTICLE-31: Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) The person acts reasonably to defend himself or herself or another person or, in the case of war crimes, property which is essential for the survival of the person or another person or property which is essential for accomplishing a military mission, against an imminent and unlawful use of force in a manner proportionate to the degree of danger to the person or the other person or property protected. The fact that the person was involved in a defensive operation conducted by forces shall not in itself constitute a ground for excluding criminal responsibility under this subparagraph; ...
... (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: ...


ARTICLE-38: The Presidency     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The President, together with the First and Second Vice-Presidents, shall constitute the Presidency, which shall be responsible for: (a) The proper administration of the Court, with the exception of the Office of the Prosecutor; and (b) The other functions conferred upon it in accordance with this Statute. ...


ARTICLE-39: Chambers     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the simultaneous constitution of more than one Trial Chamber or Pre-Trial Chamber when the efficient management of the Court's workload so requires. ...


ARTICLE-58: Issuance by the Pre-Trial Chamber of a warrant of arrest or a summons to appear     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) A concise statement of the facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes; ...
... (c) A concise statement of the facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes. ...
... (d) A concise statement of the facts which are alleged to constitute the crime. ...


ARTICLE-61: Confirmation of the charges before trial     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 11. Once the charges have been confirmed in accordance with this article, the Presidency shall constitute a Trial Chamber which, subject to paragraph 9 and to article 64, paragraph 4, shall be responsible for the conduct of subsequent proceedings and may exercise any function of the Pre-Trial Chamber that is relevant and capable of application in those proceedings. ...


ARTICLE-84: Revision of conviction or sentence     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Constitute a new Trial Chamber; or ...


ARTICLE-92: Provisional arrest     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) A concise statement of the crimes for which the person's arrest is sought and of the facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the date and location of the crime; ...