'Nulla poena sine lege' in document 'Antigua and Barbuda - The Genocide Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

7. Objection to proceedings.

It shall not be an objection to any proceedings taken against a person by virtue of the provisions of sections 6 and 7 that under the law in force at the time when and in the place where he is alleged to commit the act of which he was accused or of which he was convicted he could not have been punished therefor.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 23
Nulla poena sine lege
A person convicted by the Court may be punished only in accordance with this Statute.