National penalties - genocide

Papua New Guinea

Criminal Code Act 1974

SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART V. – OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES, AND AGAINST THE REPUTATION OF INDIVIDUALS.

Division 3. – Homicide: Suicide: Concealment of Birth

313A. GENOCIDE.

A person who–

(a) commits genocide ; or
(b) conspires to commit genocide ; or
(c) incites a person to commit genocide ; or
(d) attempts to commit genocide ; or
(e) takes part in the commission of genocide, is guilty of a crime.

Penalty : Subject to Section 19, imprisonment for life.

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.