'Individual commission' in document 'Samoa: ICC Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

5. Genocide -

(1) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere –
(a) commits genocide;

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

6. Crimes against humanity -

(1) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere, commits a crime against humanity shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to the penalty specified in subsection (3).

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

7. War crimes -

(1) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere, commits a war crime shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to the penalty specified in subsection (3).

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFECNES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

7. War crimes-(1) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere, commits a war crime shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to the penalty specified in subsection (3).

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