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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I

GENERAL PART

BOOK I

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

TITLE I

CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE

CHAPTER II

SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW

Section II.- Conditions as to Place

Sub-section II.- Subsidiary Application

Article 17.-Crimes Committed Outside Ethiopia Against International Law or Universal Order.

(1) Any person who has committed outside Ethiopia:
(a) a crime against international law or an international crime specified in Ethiopian legislation, or an international treaty or a convention to which Ethiopia has adhered; or
(b) a crime against public health or, morals specified in Articles 525, 599, 635, 636, 640 or 641 of this Code;
shall be liable to trial, in Ethiopia in accordance with the provisions of this Code and subject to the general conditions mentioned hereinafter (Arts. 19 and 20(2)) unless a final judgment has been given after being prosecuted in the foreign country.

(2) Nothing in this Article shall affect the provisions of Articles 14 and 15(2) .