Trinidad and Tobago

The International Criminal Court Act 2006

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes

International Crimes

10. (1) Every person is liable on conviction on indictment to the penalty specified in subsection (3) who, in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, commits a crime against humanity. Crimes against humanity




(2) For the purposes of this section, a “crime against humanity” means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(a) murder;
(b) extermination;
(c) enslavement;
(d) deportation or forcible transfer of population;
(e) imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
(j) torture;
(g) rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
(Ii) persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Statute, or other grounds that are uni¬versally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC;
(i) enforced disappearance of persons;

(j) the crime of apartheid; or
(k) other inhumane acts of a similar character rintentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.
(3) The penalty for a crime against humanity is—
(a) if the offence involves the wilful killing of a person, the same as the penalty for murder; or
(b) in any other case, imprisonment for life or a lesser term.

Keywords

Crimes against humanity



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