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

11. (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 war crime.
(2) For the purposes of this section a war crime is an act specified in—
(a) article 8(2)(a) of the Statute, which relates to grave breaches of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions;
(b) article 8(2)(b) of the Statute, which relates to other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict;
(c) article 8(2)(c) of the Statute, which relates to armed conflict not of an international character involving serious violations of article 3 common to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12th August, 1949; or
(d) article 8(2)(e) of the Statute, which relates to other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflict not of an international character.

(4) The penalty for a war crime 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

War crimes



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