Universal jurisdiction

Armenia

Armenia - Criminal Code (EN) 2003 (2013)

General Part

Section 1.

Criminal legislation

Chapter 2.

Operation of the criminal law in time and space

Article 15. Effect of criminal law with regard to persons who committed crimes outside the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

3. Foreign citizens and stateless persons not permanently residing in the Republic of Armenia, who committed a crime outside the territory of the Republic of Armenia, are subject to criminal liability under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, if they committed:
1) such crimes which are provided in an international treaty of the Republic of Armenia;
2) such grave and particularly grave crimes which are directed against the interests of the Republic of Armenia or the rights and freedoms of the RA citizens.

4. The rules established in part 3 of this Article are applicable if the foreign citizens and stateless persons not permanently residing in the Republic of Armenia, have not been convicted for this crime in another state and are subjected to criminal liability in the territory of the Republic of Armenia .

Armenia - Criminal Procedure Code (EN) 1998 (2021)

Article 12. Operation of Criminal Law with Regard to Acts Prescribed under Criminal Law Committed Outside the Territory of the Republic of Armenia

3. The issue of criminal liability for an act provided for by criminal law that is committed outside the territory of the Republic of Armenia by foreign citizens that are in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, and persons permanently not residing in the Republic of Armenia and not having citizenship, shall be settled in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, if the act committed by them is considered to be a criminal offence according to international treaties of the Republic of Armenia and if they have not been held criminally liable for that act regardless whether the criminal offence is considered to be a criminal offence in the state on the territory of which it was committed or not.

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.