National penalties - death sentence

Barbados

Barbados - Criminal Procedure Act 1891

Part 3 Punishments

Article 11 Powers of punishment

(1) No person shall suffer death on conviction for any offence except where statute makes the offence punishable by death.

Barbados - Geneva Conventions Act 1980

''PART II LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF PROTECTED PERSONS, Sentence of death''

7.(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or any other law, where a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been sentenced to death by a court, the sentence may only be carried out after the expiration of 6 months from the date on which the protecting power is given notice in writing by the appropriate person specified in section 6(2) of the sentence.

(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) must contain

(a) a precise wording of the finding and sentence;

(b) a summary of the preliminary inquiry; and

(c) a copy of any order denying pardon or reprieve to the protected prisoner of war or protected internee, as the case may be.

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.