'National penalties - crimes against humanity' in document 'Rwanda - Law repressing crime of genocide, CAH and war crimes'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 3. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THEIR SANCTIONS

Article 6:

Shall be sentenced to death, any person who will have committed a crime against humanity provided for in point 1', 2°, 3°, 6°, 7° or 9 of Article 5 of this law.

Shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or an imprisonment of ten (10) to twenty (20) years, any person who will have committed a crime against humanity provided for in point 4°, 5°, 8°, 10° of 11 ° of Article 5 of this law.

Where the, crime against humanity provided for in the preceding paragraph is accompanied with inhuman and degrading treatment, the perpetrator shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.


Article 7:

Where the crime of genocide and the crime against humanity, provided for in Articles 2 and 5 of this law have been backed, by any means whatsoever, by an association or a political organization, its dissolution shall be pronounced.