Universal jurisdiction

Georgia

Georgia - Criminal Code 1999 (2024) EN

Article 5 – Criminal Liability for crimes committed abroad

3. Foreigners and stateless persons who commit a crime abroad shall be criminally liable under this Code, provided that the act constitutes a serious or a particularly serious crime against the interests of Georgia, or if criminal liability for this crime is provided for by an international agreement of Georgia.

4. Citizens of Georgia and persons having a status of stateless person in Georgia who have committed abroad an act under Articles 221, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234, 338, 339 or 3391 of this Code, which is not considered as a crime under the legislation of the state where it was committed, shall be criminally liable under this Code.

5. Foreign citizens and stateless persons who have committed abroad an act under this Code and who exercise public legal powers for Georgia shall be criminally liable under this Code for committing a crime provided for by Articles 221, 338, 339 or 3391 of this Code.

6. A person who has committed a crime in the territory of a diplomatic mission or a consular office of Georgia abroad shall be criminally liable under this Code, unless otherwise provided for by an international agreement of Georgia.

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.

3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.