National penalties - life imprisonment

Dominica

Dominica - Genocide Act 1969 (1974) EN

2. (2) A person guilty of an offence of genocide is liable on conviction on indictment —

(a) if the offence consists of the killing of any person, to imprisonment for life ;

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.