Pardon

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

DRC - Constitution 2006 (2011) EN

TITLE III OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OF THE EXERCISE OF POWER

Chapter 1 Of The Institutions of the Republic

Section 1 Of the Executive Power

Paragraph 1 Of The President

Article 87

The President of the Republic exercises the right of pardon.

TITLE III OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OF THE EXERCISE OF POWER

Chapter 1 Of The Institutions of the Republic

Section 4 Of the Judicial Power

Paragraph 1 Of General Provisions

Article 152

It gives its opinion on matters of recourse [for] pardon.

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;