![]() ![]() The Appeals Chamber shall, for each appeal, be composed of five of its members.Ī person who for the purposes of membership of the Chambers of the International Tribunal could be regarded as a national of more than one State shall be deemed to be a national of the State in which that person ordinarily exercises civil and political rights.Īrticle 13 bis Election of permanent judges 1.įourteen of the permanent judges of the International Tribunal shall be elected by the General Assembly from a list submitted by the Security Council, in the following manner: Seven of the permanent judges shall be members of the Appeals Chamber. Judgement in accordance with the same rules. Powers and responsibilities as a Trial Chamber under the Statute and shall render A section of a Trial Chamber shall have the same Each Trial Chamber to whichĪd litem judges are assigned may be divided into sections of three judges each,Ĭomposed of both permanent and ad litem judges, except in the circumstances Judges shall be members of each Trial Chamber. Maximum at any one time of twelve ad litem independent judges appointed inĪccordance with article 13 ter, paragraph 2, of the Statute, no two of whom may beĪ maximum at any one time of three permanent judges and nine ad litem Independent judges, no two of whom may be nationals of the same State, and a The Chambers shall be composed of a maximum of sixteen permanent The fact that an accused person acted pursuant to an order of a Government or of a superior shall not relieve him of criminal responsibility, but may be considered in mitigation of punishment if the International Tribunal determines that justice so requires.Īrticle 12 Composition of the Chambers 1. ![]() The fact that any of the acts referred to in articles 2 to 5 of the present Statute was committed by a subordinate does not relieve his superior of criminal responsibility if he knew or had reason to know that the subordinate was about to commit such acts or had done so and the superior failed to take the necessary and reasonable measures to prevent such acts or to punish the perpetrators thereof. The official position of any accused person, whether as Head of State or Government or as a responsible Government official, shall not relieve such person of criminal responsibility nor mitigate punishment. ![]() Article 7 Individual criminal responsibility 1.Ī person who planned, instigated, ordered, committed or otherwise aided and abetted in the planning, preparation or execution of a crime referred to in articles 2 to 5 of the present Statute, shall be individually responsible for the crime. ![]()
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