TITLE II - The President of the Republic
ARTICLE 17. The President of the Republic is vested with the power to grant
pardons in an individual capacity.
PRELIMINARY TITLE
PUBLIC PROSECUTION AND CIVIL ACTION
Article 6
The public prosecution for the imposition of a penalty is extinguished by the death of the defendant, by limitation, amnesty, the repeal of the criminal law and res judicata.
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;