Nulla poena sine lege

Burundi

Burundi - Constitution 2005 (2018) EN

Title 2 Of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Duties, of the Individual and of the Citizen

Article 39

No one may be deprived of their freedom if it does not conform to the provisions of law.

No one may be charged, arrested, detained, or judged except in cases determined by a law decreed prior to the acts for which they are accused.

Title 2 Of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Duties, of the Individual and of the Citizen

Article 42

No one can be subjected to security measures other than the cases and the forms specified by law, notably for reasons of public order or of State security.

Rome Statute

Article 23 Nulla poena sine lege

A person convicted by the Court may be punished only in accordance with this Statute.