CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE - Adopted on 24 July 2000
TITLE I: FREEDOMS, RIGHTS, AND DUTIES
CHAPTER 1: Freedoms and Rights
Article 21
No one may be prosecuted, arrested, detained, held in police custody or charged, except by virtue of a law previously promulgated concerning the acts of which he or she is accused.
TITLE I: RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND DUTIES
CHAPTER ONE: RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Article 7
No one may be prosecuted, arrested, detained or charged, except by virtue of a law promulgated prior to the facts alleged against them.
1. A person shall not be criminally responsible under this Statute unless the conduct in question constitutes, at the time it takes place, a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court.
2. The definition of a crime shall be strictly construed and shall not be extended by analogy. In case of ambiguity, the definition shall be interpreted in favour of the person being investigated, prosecuted or convicted.
3. This article shall not affect the characterization of any conduct as criminal under international law independently of this Statute.