1. Rome Statute, Art. l. Complementarity does not apply to the ICTY and ICTR, since they enjoy primacy of jurisdiction. For the same reason, they are not bound by any domestic decision on clemency
2. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 78 UNTS [United Nations Treaty Series], p. 277, entered into force January 12, 1951; Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1465 UNTS, p. 85, entered into force June 26, 1987; Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, adopted in Belem do Pará, June 9, 1994, entered into force March 28, 1996, reprinted in 32 ILM [International Legal Materials] (1994), p. 1529
3. Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court, UN Doc. A/CONF.183/9, Rome, July 17, 1998. The statute has been signed by 135 countries and ratified (as of February 2001) by 28 countries. Sixty ratifications are needed for the statute to enter into force
4. Art. 6(5), Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts, June 7, 1977
5. Witness, for example, the very active diplomacy of the democratic government of Chile to bring back General Pinochet and prevent his extradition to Spain. Significantly, all Latin American democracies publicly expressed their solidarity with Chile on this issue, even while distancing themselves from Pinochet's record of human rights abuse