Severe deprivation of physical liberty - crimes against humanity

Fiji

Fiji - Crimes decree 2009 EN

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 12 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Division 3 — Crimes Against Humanity

Crime against humanity—imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty

86.— (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an indictable offence if—

(a) the perpetrator imprisons one or more persons or otherwise severely deprives one or more persons of physical liberty ; and
(b) the perpetrator’s conduct violates article 9, 14 or 15 of the Covenant ; and
(c) the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

Rome Statute

Article 7 Crimes against humanity

1. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:

(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;