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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I-GENERAL PART

TITLE II-THE ACT

CHAPTER I-BASES OF PUNISHABILITY

Article 17
Mistake about unlawfulness

1- A person acts without fault when he acts unaware of the unlawfulness of the act, if his mistake is not censurable.

2- If his mistake is censurable, the agent is punished with the sentence applicable to the respective intentional crime, which can be especially mitigated.