Article 1 Code of Crimes against International Law (CCAIL)
Part 1 General provisions
Section 1 Scope of application
This Act shall apply to all criminal offences against international law designated under this Act, to serious criminal offences [2] designated therein even when the offence was committed abroad and bears no relation to Germany.
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER ONE
THE CRIMINAL LAW
FIRST TITLE
APPLICATION, JURISDICTION RATIONE LOCI ET TEMPORIS
Section 5
Offences committed abroad against domestic legal interests
German criminal law shall apply, regardless of the law applicable in the locality where the act was committed, to the following acts committed abroad:
1. preparation of a war of aggression (section 80);
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER ONE
THE CRIMINAL LAW
FIRST TITLE
APPLICATION, JURISDICTION RATIONE LOCI ET TEMPORIS
Section 6
Offences committed abroad against internationally protected legal interests
German criminal law shall further apply, regardless of the law of the locality where they are committed, to the following offences committed abroad:
1. (repealed) ;
2. offences involving nuclear energy, explosives and radiation under section 307 and section 308(1) to (4), section 309(2) and section 310; 3. attacks on air and maritime traffic (section 316c);
4. human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, for the purpose of work exploitation and assisting human trafficking (Sections 232 to 233a);
5. unlawful drug dealing;
6. distribution of pornography under sections 184a, 184b (1) to (3) and section 184c (1) to (3), also in conjunction with section 184d, 1st sentence;
7. counterfeiting money and securities (section 146, section 151 and section 152), credit cards etc and blank eurocheque forms (section 152b(1) to (4)) as well as the relevant preparatory acts (Sections 149, 151, 152 and 152b(5));
8. subsidy fraud (section 264);
9. offences which on the basis of an international agreement binding on the Federal Republic of Germany must be prosecuted even though committed abroad.
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.