Fiji

Crimes Decree 2009 (decree No. 44 of 2009)

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 12 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Division 3 — Crimes Against Humanity

Crime against humanity—imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty

86.— (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an indictable offence if—

(a) the perpetrator imprisons one or more persons or otherwise severely deprives one or more persons of physical liberty ; and
(b) the perpetrator’s conduct violates article 9, 14 or 15 of the Covenant ; and
(c) the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

Penalty — Imprisonment for 17 years.

Keywords

National penalties - crimes against humanity
National penalties - maximum penalty



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