Practice question
A suspect allegedly committed a crime when seventeen. Proceedings begin when he is twenty-five. All other potential ICC jurisdictional conditions are assumed satisfied. A prosecutor argues that his present adulthood removes Article 26's exclusion. Which answer is best?
- Present adulthood always cures the exclusion.
- The exclusion depends only on the victim's age.
- Any accusation of a serious crime erases Article 26.
- The ICC still lacks jurisdiction over him for that alleged crime because age at commission controls.
- The ICC exclusion automatically immunizes him from every national legal system.
Legal references
- Rome Statute, Articles 1, 17, 25–27 and 127, https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/99_corr/cstatute.htm
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