Chapter 2. THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE AND ITS SANCTIONS
Article 3:
Shall be sentenced to death any person who will have committed, in time of peace or in time of war, the crime of genocide as defined in Article 2 of this law.
Chapter 3. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THEIR SANCTIONS
Article 6:
Shall be sentenced to death, any person who will have committed a crime against humanity provided for in point 1', 2°, 3°, 6°, 7° or 9 of Article 5 of this law.
Article 2: Abolition of the death penalty
The death penalty is hereby abolished.
Article 3: Substitution of death penalty
(Modified and complemented by Organic Law n° 66/2008 of 21/11/2008)
In all the legislative texts in force before the commencement of this Organic Law, the death penalty is hereby substituted by life imprisonment or life imprisonment with special provisions as provided for by this Organic Law.
However, life imprisonment with special provisions as provided for by paragraph one of this Article shall not be pronounced in respect of cases transferred to Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and from other States in accordance with the provisions of Organic Law n° 11/2007 of 16/03/2007 concerning the transfer of cases to the Republic of Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and from other States.
Article 8: Extradition requirement
In case the crime for which extradition is required is punishable by death in the applying State, the Government shall not grant extradition unless the applying State produces formal guarantees that death penalty will not be executed.
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.