Rwanda

Law N°33 BIS/2003 repressing the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Chapter 3. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THEIR SANCTIONS

Article 5:
The crime against humanity shall mean one of the following acts committed within the context of a widespread or systematic attack directed against the civilian population because of their nationality, political opinions, ethnic or religious origins:
1 ° murder;
2° extermination;
3° enslavement;
4° deportation or forcible transfer of population;
5° imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
6° torture;
7° rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
8° persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious reasons or any other form of discrimination;
9° forced disappearance of persons;
10° the crime of apartheid;
11° other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great sufferings, or serious injury to body integrity or to mental or physical health


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.

Keywords

Crimes against humanity



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