National penalties - life imprisonment

Trinidad and Tobago

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)(b) in any other case, imprisonment for life.

The International Criminal Court Act 2006

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes

International Crimes

9. (3) The penalty for genocide, or conspiring with, or agreeing with any person to commit genocide is—
(a) if the offence involves the wilful killing of a person, the same as the penalty for murder; and

(b) in any other case, imprisonment for life or a lesser term.

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes

International Crimes

10.(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.

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes

International Crimes

11.(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.

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.