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Kiribati - Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 2010 EN

6. New section 3A

“3A. Other breaches of the Geneva Conventions or Protocols

(1) Any person, whatever his or her nationality, who, in Kiribati, commits, or aids, abets or procures the commission by another person of a breach of any of the Geneva Conventions or Protocols not covered by section 3 is guilty of an offence.

(2) Any citizen of Kiribati who, outside Kiribati, commits, or aids, abets or procures the commission by another person of a breach of any of the Geneva Conventions or Protocols not covered by section 3 is guilty of an offence.

Kiribati - Geneva Conventions 1993 EN

PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS AGAINST CONVENTIONS

Grave breaches of Geneva Conventions
3. (1) Any person, whatever his nationality and whether in or outside Kiribati, is guilty of an offence if -

PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS AGAINST CONVENTIONS

Offences committed outside Kiribati
4. In the case of an offence under section 3 committed outside Kiribati –

(a) a person may be proceeded against, tried and punished therefor in any place in Kiribati as if the offence had been committed in that place; and

(b) the offence shall, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or punishment thereof, be deemed to have been committed in that place.

Rome Statute

Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction

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.