Intoxication - national proceedings

Ukraine

Criminal Code of Ukraine 2001 (2010)

GENERAL PART

Chapter IV. CRIMINALLY LIABLE PERSON (CRIMINAL OFFENDER)

Article 21. Criminal liability for offenses committed in a state of intoxication resulting from the use of alcohol, narcotics, or any other intoxicating substances

A person who committed a criminal offense in a state of intoxication resulting from the use of alcohol, narcotic, or any other intoxicating substances shall be criminally liable.

Rome Statute

Article 31 Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility

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:

(b) The person is in a state of intoxication that destroys that person's capacity to appreciate the unlawfulness or nature of his or her conduct, or capacity to control his or her conduct to conform to the requirements of law, unless the person has become voluntarily intoxicated under such circumstances that the person knew, or disregarded the risk, that, as a result of the intoxication, he or she was likely to engage in conduct constituting a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;