National penalties - maximum penalty

Greece

Greece - Adaptation of internal law to ICC Statute 2011 EN

PART A
PROVISIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW

2. SPECIAL PART

Article 7
Genocide

Anyone who, with 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 (art. 310 par. 2 of the Cr.C.),
(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, thus creating by himself or in co-perpetration with others danger for the existence of this group, shall be sentenced: (i) in case of
subpar. (a) with the penalty of life imprisonment (ii) in cases of subpar. (b) —(e) with a term of incarceration from 5-20 years. If the commission of the act resulted to the death of a person, a term of incarceration of at least 10 years of duration shall be imposed.

PART A
PROVISIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW

2. SPECIAL PART

Art. 14
Breach of duty to exercise proper control

3. The negligent breach of the above duty shall entail the imposition of a sentence of a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 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.