'Individual commission' in document 'Ethiopia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I

GENERAL PART

BOOK I

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

TITLE II

THE CRIME AND ITS COMMISSION

CHAPTER III

PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME

Article 32.- Principal Criminal.

(1) Any person shall be regarded as having committed a crime as a principal criminal and punished as such if:
(a) he actually commits the crime either directly or indirectly, in particular by means of an animal or a natural force; or
(b) he without performing the criminal act itself fully associates himself with the commission of the crime and the intended result; or
(c) he employs an infant or a person who is mentally deficient or unaware of the circumstances, for the commission of a crime or compels another person to commit a crime .

PART I

GENERAL PART

BOOK I

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

TITLE III

CONDITIONS OF LIABILITY TO PUNISHMENT IN RESPECT OF

CRIMES

CHAPTER I

CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Section I.- Ordinary Responsibility

Article 48.- Criminal Responsibility and Irresponsibility.

(1) The criminal who is responsible for his acts is alone liable to punishment under the provisions of criminal law .

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(a) Commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another or through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally responsible