Statute of limitations - national proceedings

Cambodia

Cambodia - Criminal Procedure Code 2007 EN

CAMBODIA – CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

BOOK ONE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS

TITLE 2 – CRIMINAL ACTIONS

SINGLE CHAPTER

Article 9. Imprescriptible Crimes

A crime of genocide, a crime against humanity and war crime has no statute of limitations.

Cambodia - Law on the Establishment of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of Democratic Kampuchea 2004 EN

LAW ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS IN THE COURTS OF CAMBODIA FOR THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA

CHAPTER II - COMPETENCE

Article 4

The acts of genocide, which have no statute of limitations, mean any acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group such as:

LAW ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS IN THE COURTS OF CAMBODIA FOR THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA

CHAPTER II - COMPETENCE

Article 5

Crimes against humanity, which have no statute of limitations, are any acts committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, on national, political, ethnical, racial or religious grounds, such as:

Rome Statute

Article 29 Non-applicability of statute of limitations

The crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court shall not be subject to any statute of limitations.