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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter Three
CRIMINAL OFFENCE

1. General provisions on Criminal Offence

Self-defence
Article 19

(1) An act committed in self-defence is not a criminal offence.

(2) Self-defence is such defence as necessary for the perpetrator to repel a concurrent unlawful attack on his person or the person of another.

(3) Punishment of a perpetrator who has exceeded the limits of self-defence may be mitigated. A perpetrator who exceeds the limit of self-defence due to extreme provocation or fear caused by assault may be acquitted.