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Under Article 17 of the Rome Statute 1998 (COMPLEMENTARITY), the ICC may exercise jurisdiction only where:

Athe State concerned has expressly consented to ICC jurisdiction in every individual case (cf. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, Article 17)
Bthe US National Security Council has approved the referral (cf. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, Article 17)
Cthe UN Secretary-General has personally referred the matter to the ICC (cf. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, Article 17)
Dthe State having jurisdiction (a) is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the investigation or prosecution; OR (b) has not done so for any reason
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. the State having jurisdiction (a) is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the investigation or prosecution; OR (b) has not done so for any reason
1. Article 17 Rome Statute embodies the principle of COMPLEMENTARITY — the ICC is COMPLEMENTARY to national criminal jurisdictions. 2. A case is INADMISSIBLE before the ICC where: (a) the case is being investigated or prosecuted by a State which has jurisdiction over it, unless that State is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the investigation or prosecution; (b) the case has been investigated by such a State and the State has decided not to prosecute, unless that decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State to genuinely prosecute; (c) the person concerned has already been tried for the conduct (ne bis in idem under Article 20); (d) the case is not of sufficient gravity to justify further action by the Court. 3. Article 17(2)-(3) defines 'unwillingness' and 'inability'. 4. Hence option B is correct. _Source: UN Charter 1945 / Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties 1969 / ICJ Statute / ARSIWA 2001 — Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998, Article 17_
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