PART I
GENERAL PART
BOOK I
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
TITLE I
CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE
CHAPTER II
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW
Section II.- Conditions as to Place
Sub-section I.- Principal Application
Article 11.- Crimes Committed on Ethiopian Territory: Normal Case.
(1) This Code shall apply to any person whether a national or a foreigner who has committed one of the crimes specified in this Code on the territory of Ethiopia.
The national territory comprises the land, air and bodies of
water, the extent of which is determined by the Constitution .
PART I
GENERAL PART
BOOK I
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
TITLE I
CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE
CHAPTER II
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW
Section II.- Conditions as to Place
Sub-section I.- Principal Application
Article 13.- Crimes Committed against Ethiopia Outside Its Territory.
This Code shall apply to any person who outside Ethiopia has committed one of the crimes against the State of Ethiopia, its safety or integrity, its institutions, essential interests or currency as defined in Book III, Title I, Chapter I, and under Title V of this Book (Art. 238 -260 and Art. 355-374) .
PART I
GENERAL PART
BOOK I
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
TITLE I
CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE
CHAPTER II
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW
Section II.- Conditions as to Place
Sub-section II.- Subsidiary Application
Article 17.-Crimes Committed Outside Ethiopia Against International Law or Universal Order.
(1) Any person who has committed outside Ethiopia:
(a) a crime against international law or an international crime specified in Ethiopian legislation, or an international treaty or a convention to which Ethiopia has adhered; or
(b) a crime against public health or, morals specified in Articles 525, 599, 635, 636, 640 or 641 of this Code;
shall be liable to trial, in Ethiopia in accordance with the provisions of this Code and subject to the general conditions mentioned hereinafter (Arts. 19 and 20(2)) unless a final judgment has been given after being prosecuted in the foreign country.
(2) Nothing in this Article shall affect the provisions of Articles 14 and 15(2) .
PART I
GENERAL PART
BOOK I
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
TITLE I
CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE
CHAPTER II
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW
Section II.- Conditions as to Place
Sub-section II.- Subsidiary Application
Article 18.- Other Crimes Committed Outside Ethiopia .
(1) This Code shall also apply to any person who has committed a crime outside Ethiopia against an Ethiopian national or to any Ethiopian national who has committed outside Ethiopia a crime of another kind than those specified in the foregoing Articles, if the criminal was not tried in the foreign country for the crime, provided that:
(a) the act to be tried is prohibited by the law of the State where it was committed and by Ethiopian law; and
(b) it is of sufficient gravity under the latter law to justify extradition .
1. The Court has jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute.
2. If a State becomes a Party to this Statute after its entry into force, the Court may exercise its jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute for that State, unless that State has made a declaration under article 12, paragraph 3.
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:
(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft;
(b) The State of which the person accused of the crime is a national.
3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.
The Court may exercise its jurisdiction with respect to a crime referred to in article 5 in accordance with the provisions of this Statute if:
(a) A situation in which one or more of such crimes appears to have been committed is referred to the Prosecutor by a State Party in accordance with article 14;
(b) A situation in which one or more of such crimes appears to have been committed is referred to the Prosecutor by the Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations; or
(c) The Prosecutor has initiated an investigation in respect of such a crime in accordance with article 15.