Australia

International Criminal Court Act (2002), No. 41, 2002

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 1—Preliminary

3 Principal object of Act

The principal object of this Act is to facilitate compliance with Australia’s obligations under the Statute.

Accordingly, this Act does not affect the primacy of Australia’s right to exercise its jurisdiction with respect to crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC.

Keywords

Complementarity
Cooperation of State

Notes

The Crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC are set out as crimes in Australian law by Division 268 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.



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