National penalties - life imprisonment

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan - Criminal Code 2014 (2023) EN

Article 46. Deprivation of liberty

4. Life imprisonment may be established for the commission of especially grave crimes. Life deprivation of liberty shall not be imposed on the persons who have committed a crime under the age of eighteen, women, men at the age of sixty-three years old and over. Life deprivation of liberty in the manner of pardon may be commuted by deprivation of liberty for a certain term.

Article 56. Imposition of punishment for uncompleted crime

4. Life imprisonment for preparation for a crime and attempted crime shall not be imposed.


Article 58. Imposition of punishment on a set of criminal infractions

4. If life imprisonment is imposed for a crime included in the aggregate, then life imprisonment shall be the final penalty imposed.

Article 160. Planning, preparation, unleashing or conduct of aggressive war

1. Planning or preparation of aggressive war –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term of ten to fifteen years.

2. Unleashing or conduct of aggressive war-
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of fifteen to twenty years or life imprisonment with or without deprivation of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan - Criminal Code 1997 (2004) EN

Section III. Punishment

Article 48. Deprivation of Freedom

4. Life-time deprivation of freedom shall be established only as an alternative for capital punishment for the commission of especially grave crimes which infringe upon life, and it may be established in cases in which a court decides not to apply capital punishment. Life-time deprivation of freedom shall not be sentenced upon women, as well as to persons having committed a crime under the age of eighteen, and men who reach the age of sixty five by the moment of passing of a given sentence.

THE SPECIAL PART

Chapter 4. Crimes Against Peace and Safety of Mankind

Article 156. Planning, Preparation, Starting, or Waging an Aggressive War

1. Planning, preparation, or starting an aggressive war, -
shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from seven to twelve years.

2. Conducting an aggressive war shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten up to twenty years, or by capital punishment, or by life-time imprisonment.

THE SPECIAL PART

Chapter 4. Crimes Against Peace and Safety of Mankind

Article 160. Genocide

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to twenty years, or by capital punishment or life-time imprisonment.

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.