'Individual commission' in document 'Somalia-Constitution of Somalia'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

3.5.4: The War-Crimes Tribunal

3.5.4.2


No Citizens or Residents of the Republic of Somalia may be arrested or punished due only to membership in clans or sub-clans that supported the atrocities committed by the former socialist dictatorship. Only the individual persons directly responsible for committing or ordering such war crimes may be arrested, convicted, or punished. It is the responsibility of the Government to protect members of clans and subclans who supported the oppressive socialist dictatorship from revenge by the Citizens who lost lives of relatives and property due to this oppression.

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