'Amnesty content' in document 'Bosnia and Herzegovina- Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

VII C H A P T E R S E V E N
PUNISHMENT

Long-term Imprisonment
Article 42b.

(5) If long-term imprisonment has been imposed, amnesty or pardon may be granted only after three-fifths of the punishment have been served.

GENERAL PART

XIII C H A P T E R T H I R T E E N
REHABILITATION, AMNESTY, PARDON AND DELETION OF CONVICTION

Amnesty
Article 118

(1) By an amnesty, to the persons covered by it, a release from criminal prosecution, complete or partial release from the execution of punishment, substitution of the imposed punishment by a less severe one, deletion of the conviction, or cancellation of legal consequences incident to conviction is given.
(2) An amnesty for the criminal offences prescribed under this Code, may be granted by the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina by virtue of a law.

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;