National penalties - death sentence

Trinidad and Tobago

The Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

CHAPTER 5
EXECUTIVE POWERS

89. Functions of Advisory Committee

89. (1) Where an offender has been sentenced to death by any Court for an offence against the law of Trinidad and Tobago, the Minister shall cause a written report of the case from the trial Judge, together with such other information derived from the record of the case or elsewhere as the Minister may require, to be taken into consideration at a meeting of the Advisory Committee.

The Geneva Conventions Act, 2008

PART II
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS UNDER THE CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOL I

3. Punishment of grave breaches of the Conventions and Protocol I

3. (2) (a) where the offence involves the wilful killing of a person protected by the relevant Convention or by Protocol I, the penalty for murder; and

Rome Statute

Article 77 Applicable penalties

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.