COLOMBIA - DECREE NUMBER 2764 OF 2002 (November 26) promulgating the “Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”

The President of the Republic of Colombia, by virtue of the powers granted to him under Article 189-2 of the Constitution of Colombia, and pursuant to Law 7 of 1944, and

CONSIDERING,

That, on depositing the ratification instrument, the Government of the Republic of Colombia made the following statements:

4. Given that the scope of the Rome Statute is confined exclusively to the exercise of complementary jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court and national authorities’ cooperation with the Court, Colombia asserts that none of the provisions of the Rome Statute modify domestic law as applied by Colombian judicial authorities exercising its exclusive jurisdiction on the territory of the Republic of Colombia.

COLOMBIA - DECREE NUMBER 2764 OF 2002 (November 26) promulgating the “Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”

The President of the Republic of Colombia, by virtue of the powers granted to him under Article 189-2 of the Constitution of Colombia, and pursuant to Law 7 of 1944, and

CONSIDERING,

That, on depositing the ratification instrument, the Government of the Republic of Colombia made the following statements:

4. Given that the scope of the Rome Statute is confined exclusively to the exercise of complementary jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court and national authorities’ cooperation with the Court, Colombia asserts that none of the provisions of the Rome Statute modify domestic law as applied by Colombian judicial authorities exercising its exclusive jurisdiction on the territory of the Republic of Colombia.

Article 80
Non-prejudice to national application of penalties and national laws
Nothing in this Part affects the application by States of penalties prescribed by their national law, nor the law of States which do not provide for penalties prescribed in this Part.