CHAPTER III AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT OF 17 APRIL 1878 CONTAINING THE PRELIMINARY TITLE OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Article 16
The following amendments shall be made to article 10 of the same preliminary Title, which was amended by the Acts of 12 and 19 July 1932, 2 April 1948, 12 July 1984 and 13 March 2002:
(2) a new point (1) bis shall be inserted between (1) and (2) and shall read as follows:
“(1) bis. a serious violation of international humanitarian law as defined in Book II, Title I bis of the Criminal Code, committed against a person who, at the time of commission, was a Belgian national or a person whose actual, habitual and legal place of residence had been in Belgium for a period of at least three years.
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.