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—sexual violence

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

(a) the perpetrator does either of the following—
(i) commits an act or acts of a sexual nature against one or more persons;
(ii) causes one or more persons to engage in an act or acts of a sexual nature ;
without the consent of the person or persons, including by being reckless as to whether there is consent ; and

(b) the perpetrator’s conduct is of a gravity comparable to the offences referred to in sections 88 to 92 ; and

(c) the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

Keywords

Any other form of sexual violence - crimes against humanity
Civilian population - crimes against humanity
Knowledge of the attack - crimes against humanity
Widespread or systematic attack - crimes against humanity
Gender



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