Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

5. Genocide -

(2) For the purposes of this section, “genocide” is an act specified in article 6 of the Statute and includes any other act which, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of it being criminal according to the general principles of law recognised by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity
Nullum crimen sine lege
Customary international law



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