Unlawful confinement - IAC

Kenya

Kenya - Criminal Code 1930 (2018) EN

PART II – CRIMES

Division IV – Offences against the Person

CHAPTER XXV – OFFENCES AGAINST LIBERTY

263. Punishment for wrongful confinement
Whoever wrongfully confines any person is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year or to a fine of fourteen thousand shillings.

Kenya - International Crimes Act 2008 EN

PART I—PRELIMINARY

International Crimes

6. (4) In this section—
"war crime" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2 of article 8 of the Rome Statute.

Rome Statute

Article 8 War crimes

2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:

(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:

(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;