The General Part
Title II
Offences
Chapter III
Causes that remove the criminality of acts
Physical coercion
Art.27– An act provided in the criminal law committed because of physical coercion to which the perpetrator could not resist shall not be an offence.
Moral coercion
Art.28 – An act provided in the criminal law committed because of moral coercion, exercised by threat with a serious danger for the person of the perpetrator or for another person and that could not be removed otherwise shall not be an offence.
1. In addition to other grounds for excluding criminal responsibility provided for in this Statute, a person shall not be criminally responsible if, at the time of that person's conduct:
(d) The conduct which is alleged to constitute a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been caused by duress resulting from a threat of imminent death or of continuing or imminent serious bodily harm against that person or another person, and the person acts necessarily and reasonably to avoid this threat, provided that the person does not intend to cause a greater harm than the one sought to be avoided. Such a threat may either be:
(i) Made by other persons; or
(ii) Constituted by other circumstances beyond that person's control.