Article 13 (b) vs Immunity of State Officials

Rarely is there a subject that attracts more antagonism than the immunity of State officials for crimes such as aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The debate on whether foreign criminal fora can exercise jurisdiction over individuals that act in the name of a State revolves around the interplay between international criminal law and the international law on immunities. The latter regime, on the one hand, proceeds from the well-established rule that declares the State and its officials immune from the jurisdiction of other States. The former, on the other hand, is predicated on humanitarian values contained inter