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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1] [2]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 6. MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 17:
6° failure to act, within the limits of one's possibility to act, on the part of those who had knowledge of orders given in order to execute such a crime or acts that prepare its execution, and could prevent its consummation or put an end to it;

Chapter 6. MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 18:
The fact that any of such crimes provided for by this law has been committed by a subordinate shall not exempt the authority which is his or her superior from his or her criminal liability if he or she knew or had reasons to know that the subordinate was preparing to commit that act or had committed it and that the authority superior in hierarchy has not taken the necessary and reasonable measures to prevent the said act from being committed or to punish their perpetrators, and to inform the relevant authorities.