PART 2
JURISDICTION, ADMISSIBILITY AND APPLICABLE LAW
Article 5
CRIMES WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT
1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall be limited to the most serious
crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. The Court
has jurisdiction in accordance with this Statute with respect to the following crimes:
(a)
The crime of genocide;
(b)
Crimes against humanity;
(c)
War crimes;
(d)
The crime of aggression.
2. The Court shall exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression once
a provision is adopted in accordance with articles 121 and 123 defining
the crime and setting out the conditions under which the Court shall exercise jurisdiction with respect to this crime. Such a provision shall be consistent with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
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Article 7
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
1. For the purpose of this Statute, “crimes against humanity” means
any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of
the attack:
(a)
Murder;
(b)
Extermination;
(c)
Enslavement;
(d)
Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
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