National penalties - life imprisonment

Palestine

Palestine - Criminal Procedure Code 2001 EN

Article (279)
The court may order an accused who is convicted of a crime – other than those for which it sentences him to the death penalty or life imprisonment – to pay the costs of the trial and the expenses arising therefrom.

Palestine - Penal Code 1936 EN

29.
(a) to imprisonment for life if the offence attempted would render the perpetrator thereof liable on conviction to death;

Punishments
37.
(b) imprisonment

Punishment
39. (1) A l l imprisonment shall be with labour unless the court otherwise directs.

(2)A person liable to imprisonment for life or any other period may be sentenced for any shorter term.

40. —(1) Where any person is sentenced to imprisonment, the court may, if it thinks fit, having regard to the nature of tne offence and the antecedents of the offender, direct that he shall be given special treatment.

(2) Where any person is sentenced to imprisonment without special treatment, the Chief Justice may at any time, having regard to the nature of the offence for which such person was convicted and his antecedents, direct that such person shall be given special treatment.

(3) Special treatment shall be in accordance with rules made under the provisions of the Prisons Ordinance, 1921.

50 . Any person who instigates any person to invade Palestine with an armed force is guilty of treason, and is liable to the punishment of death :

Provided that where a woman convicted under the provisions of this section is found upon evidence to the satisfaction of the court to be pregnant, she is liable to imprisonment for life.

52.
(c) and manifests such intention by an overt act, or by publishing any printing or writing, is guilty of a felony and is liable to 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.