'Pardon' in document 'Germany - Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

V. The Federal President

Article 60
[Appointment of civil servants – Pardon – Immunity]

(2) He shall exercise the power to pardon individual offenders on behalf of the Federation.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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