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Congo, Democratic Republic of the

DRC - Constitution 2006 (2011) EN

TITLE II OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND OF THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN AND OF THE STATE

Chapter 1 Of Civil and Political Rights

Article 17

No one may be sentenced for an act or an omission which did not constitute an infraction of the law at the time it was committed and at the time of the sentencing.

Rome Statute

Article 23 Nulla poena sine lege

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