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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE II
ON CRIME

CHAPTER I
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS

Article 18. Error regarding unlawfulness

1. Lack of knowledge of the law does not exclude the unlawfulness of any conduct that violates it.

2. An error regarding unlawfulness, if unavoidable, excludes guilt.

3. A penalty may be considered extraordinarily mitigated when the error regarding unlawfulness is avoidable.