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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Article 2: Abolition of the death penalty

The death penalty is hereby abolished.

Article 3: Substitution of death penalty

(Modified and complemented by Organic Law n° 66/2008 of 21/11/2008)

In all the legislative texts in force before the commencement of this Organic Law, the death penalty is hereby substituted by life imprisonment or life imprisonment with special provisions as provided for by this Organic Law.

However, life imprisonment with special provisions as provided for by paragraph one of this Article shall not be pronounced in respect of cases transferred to Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and from other States in accordance with the provisions of Organic Law n° 11/2007 of 16/03/2007 concerning the transfer of cases to the Republic of Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and from other States.

Article 8: Extradition requirement

In case the crime for which extradition is required is punishable by death in the applying State, the Government shall not grant extradition unless the applying State produces formal guarantees that death penalty will not be executed.