National penalties - genocide

Denmark

Denmark - Act No 132 concerning the punishment of genocide 1955 EN

ยง 1. Whoever with the intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such,

(a) kills members of the group,
(b) causes serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,
(c) deliberately inflicts on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,
(d) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group,
(e) forcibly transfers children of the group to another group,

is punishable for genocide by imprisonment for life or for a time not less than 16 years.

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.

2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:

(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.