SECTION ONE
CHAPTER 2. HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Article 20
1. Everyone shall have the right to life.
2. Capital punishment until its complete abolition may be established by federal law as an exclusive form of punishment for particularly grave crimes against life, and the accused shall be granted the right to have his case examined by a court with the participation of a jury.
General Part
Section III. Punishment
Chapter 9. The Concept and the Purposes of Punishment.
Types of Punishment.
Article 59. Capital Punishment
1. Capital punishment, as an exclusive penalty, may be imposed only for especially grave crimes encroaching on human life.
2. Capital punishment shall not be applied to women, nor to persons who have committed offences at below 18 years of age, nor and to men who have reached 65 years of age by the time of adjudication.
3. Capital punishment by way of pardon may be replaced with deprivation of liberty for life or by deprivation of liberty for a term of 25 years .
Special Part
Section X. Crimes Against State Power
Chapter 31. Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
Article 295. Encroachment on the Life of a Person Administering Justice or Engaged in a Preliminary Investigation
Encroachment on the life of a judge, juror, or any other person participating in the administration of justice, of a procurator, investigator, a person conducting a inquest, a defence lawyer, a forensic expert, a specialist, a bailiff, or officer of justice, and also of their relatives, in connection with the examination of cases or materials in court, with the preliminary investigation or the execution of a court's judgement or decision, or any other judicial act, accomplished for the purpose of obstructing the lawful activity of said persons or out of revenge for such activity,
shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of 12 to 20 years, or by deprivation of liberty for life, or by capital punishment .
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.
2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:
(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.