'Pardon' in document 'Gambia - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER IV: PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

24. Provisions to secure protection of the law and fair play

(7) No person shall be tried for a criminal offence if he or she shows he or she has been pardoned for that offence.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 17
Issues of admissibility
1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where:
(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute