Nulla poena sine lege

Sierra Leone

The Constitution of Sierra Leone

CHAPTER III – THE RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND
FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

23. (8) No penalty shall be imposed for any criminal offence which is severer in degree or description than the maximum penalty which might have been imposed for that offence at the time when it was committed.

Rome Statute

Article 23 Nulla poena sine lege

A person convicted by the Court may be punished only in accordance with this Statute.