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Part One. General Provisions
Section I. Basic Provisions
Chapter 4. Grounds for Refusal of the Institution of a Criminal Case and for Termination of Criminal Case or Criminal Prosecution
Article 27. Grounds for Termination of the Criminal Prosecution
1. 3) as a result of an act of grace ;
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