'Joint commission' in document 'Slovakia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART ONE
GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
SCOPE OF THE ACT AND FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Title Two
Foundations of Criminal Liability

DIVISION TWO
OFFENDER, ACCOMPLICE AND ABBETOR OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Section 20
Accomplice

If a criminal offence was committed by two or more persons acting in conjunction (accomplices), each of them has the same criminal liability as the single person who would commit such a criminal offence.



PART ONE
GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
SCOPE OF THE ACT AND FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Title Two
Foundations of Criminal Liability

DIVISION TWO
OFFENDER, ACCOMPLICE AND ABBETOR OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Section 21
Abettor

(1) An abettor to a completed or attempted criminal offence is any person who intentionally

a) masterminded or directed the commission of a criminal offence (organiser)
b) instigated another person to commit a criminal offence (instigator),
c) asked another person to commit a criminal offence (hirer),
d) assisted another person in committing a criminal offence, in particular by procuring the means, removing the obstacles, providing an advice, strengthening the determination, making a promise of post crime assistance (aider).

(2) Unless this Act provides otherwise, the criminal liability of an abettor shall be governed by the same provisions as the criminal liability of an offender.

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.