Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Table of Contents PREAMBLE1 PART 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT2 Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 The Court2 Relationship of the Court with the United Nations2 Seat of the Court2 Legal status and powers of the Court2 PART 2. JURISDICTION, ADMISSIBILITY AND APPLICABLE LAW3 Article 5 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court3 Article 6 Genocide3 Article 7 Crimes against humanity3 Article 8 War crimes4 Article 8 bis Crime of aggression7 Article 9 Elements of Crimes8 Article 108 Article 11 Jurisdiction ratione temporis8 Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction8 Article 13 Exercise of jurisdiction9 Article 14 Referral of a situation by a State Party9 Article 15 Prosecutor9 Article 15 bis Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (State referral, proprio motu)9 Article 15 ter Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (Security Council referral)10 Article 16 Deferral of investigation or prosecution10 Article 17 Issues of admissibility10 Article 18 Preliminary rulings regarding admissibility11 Article 19 Challenges to the jurisdiction of the Court or the admissibility of a case12 Article 20 Ne bis in idem13 Article 21 Applicable law13 PART 3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW14 Article 22 Article 23 Article 24 Article 25 Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 Article 30 Article 31 Article 32 Article 33 Nullum crimen sine lege14 Nulla poena sine lege14 Non-retroactivity ratione personae14 Individual criminal responsibility14 Exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen15 Irrelevance of official capacity15 Responsibility of commanders and other superiors15 Non-applicability of statute of limitations15 Mental element15 Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility16 Mistake of fact or mistake of law16 Superior orders and prescription of law16 PART 4. COMPOSITION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT17 Article 34 Article 35 Article 36 Article 37 Article 38 Article 39 Article 40 Organs of the Court17 Service of judges17 Qualifications, nomination and election of judges17 Judicial vacancies19 The Presidency19 Chambers19 Independence of the judges20