Criminal Code Act 1995 (Australia, unsourced)/Chapter 8/268/A

by Commonwealth of Australia

Subdivision A—Introductory

268.1 Purpose of Division

(1) The purpose of this Division is to create certain offences that are of international concern and certain related offences.

(2) It is the Parliament’s intention that the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is to be complementary to the jurisdiction of Australia with respect to offences in this Division that are also crimes within the jurisdiction of that Court.

(3) Accordingly, the International Criminal Court Act 2002 does not affect the primacy of Australia’s right to exercise its jurisdiction with respect to offences created by this Division that are also crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

268.2 Outline of offences

(1) Subdivision B creates offences each of which is called genocide.

(2) Subdivision C creates offences each of which is called a crime against humanity.

(3) Subdivisions D, E, F, G and H create offences each of which is called a war crime.

(4) Subdivision J creates offences each of which is called a crime against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court.