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—other inhumane act

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

(a) the perpetrator causes great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health, by means of an inhumane act ; and
(b) the act is of a character similar to another proscribed inhumane act ; 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 25 years.

Keywords

National penalties - crimes against humanity
National penalties - maximum penalty



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