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ARTICLE-1: The Court     [go to this ARTICLE]
... An International Criminal Court ("the Court") is hereby established. It shall be a permanent institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern, as referred to in this Statute, and shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions. The jurisdiction and functioning of the Court shall be governed by the provisions of this Statute. ...


ARTICLE-4: Legal status and powers of the Court     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Legal status and powers of the Court ...
... 2. The Court may exercise its functions and powers, as provided in this Statute, on the territory of any State Party and, by special agreement, on the territory of any other State. ...


ARTICLE-7: Crimes against humanity     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) "Enslavement" means the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person and includes the exercise of such power in the course of trafficking in persons, in particular women and children; ...
... (c) "Enslavement" means the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person and includes the exercise of such power in the course of trafficking in persons, in particular women and children; ...


ARTICLE-8: War crimes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (v) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power; ...
... (viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory; ...
... (x) Subjecting persons who are in the power of an adverse party to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons; ...
... (xi) Subjecting persons who are in the power of another party to the conflict to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons; ...


ARTICLE-28: Responsibility of commanders and other superiors     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) That military commander or person failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress their commission or to submit the matter to the competent authorities for investigation and prosecution. ...
... (iii) The superior failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress their commission or to submit the matter to the competent authorities for investigation and prosecution. ...


ARTICLE-43: The Registry     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Registry shall be responsible for the non-judicial aspects of the administration and servicing of the Court, without prejudice to the functions and powers of the Prosecutor in accordance with article 42. ...


ARTICLE-54: Duties and powers of the Prosecutor with respect to investigations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Duties and powers of the Prosecutor with respect to investigations ...


ARTICLE-57: Functions and powers of the Pre-Trial Chamber     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Functions and powers of the Pre-Trial Chamber ...


ARTICLE-64: Functions and powers of the Trial Chamber     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Functions and powers of the Trial Chamber ...
... 1. The functions and powers of the Trial Chamber set out in this article shall be exercised in accordance with this Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. ...
... 9. The Trial Chamber shall have, inter alia, the power on application of a party or on its own motion to: ...


ARTICLE-75: Reparations to victims     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. In exercising its power under this article, the Court may, after a person is convicted of a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court, determine whether, in order to give effect to an order which it may make under this article, it is necessary to seek measures under article 93, paragraph 1. ...


ARTICLE-83: Proceedings on appeal     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. For the purposes of proceedings under article 81 and this article, the Appeals Chamber shall have all the powers of the Trial Chamber. ...


ARTICLE-87: Requests for cooperation: general provisions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. Where a State Party fails to comply with a request to cooperate by the Court contrary to the provisions of this Statute, thereby preventing the Court from exercising its functions and powers under this Statute, the Court may make a finding to that effect and refer the matter to the Assembly of States Parties or, where the Security Council referred the matter to the Court, to the Security Council. ...