'Automatic jurisdiction' in document 'Fiji - Crimes decree 2009'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 12 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Division 4 — Miscellaneous Provisions Applying to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Geographical jurisdiction

99. A person commits an offence against all sections of Divisions 2 and 3 of this Part—

(a) whether or not the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs in Fiji ; and
(b) whether or not a result of the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs in Fiji.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 12
Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.