Pardon

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

Laos - Criminal Code 2017 EN

''Part I, Chapter 10, Circumstances Conducive to the Exemption from Penalties, Suspension of the Penalty of
Deprivation of Liberty and Conditional Liberation before end of Term, Article 100 Pardon is granted to an Offender''

The pardon granted to an offender is a presidential decision to reduce or lift
remaining sentences and to free a sentenced person.

Rome Statute

Article 17 Issues of admissibility

1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where:

(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute;