National penalties - life imprisonment

Colombia

Colombia - Constitution 1991 (2015) EN

POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF COLOMBIA

TITLE II - CONCERNING RIGHTS, GUARANTEES, AND DUTIES

CHAPTER I -CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Article 34. Deportation, life imprisonment, or confiscation of property are prohibited.

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.