National penalties - national proceedings

Uganda

The Geneva Conventions Act 1964

1. (1) Any person, whatever his nationality, who, whether within or without Uganda commits or aids, abets or procures the commission by any other person of any grave breach of any of the Conventions as is referred to in the following articles respectively of those Conventions, that is to say ,
(a) article 50 of the Convention set out in the First Schedule to this Act,
(b) article 51 of the Convention set out in the Second Schedule to this Act,
(c) article 130 of the Convention set out in the Third Schedule Third
to this Act,
(d) article 147 of the Convention set out in the Fourth Schedule to this Act,

commits an offence and on conviction thereof,

(i) in the case of a grave breach involving the wilful killing of the person protected by the Convention in question shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life;
(ii) in the case of any other grave breach shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

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.