National penalties - genocide

Armenia

Armenia - Criminal Code (EN) 2003 (2013)

Special Part

Section 13.

Crimes against peace and human security

Chapter 33.

Crimes against peace and human security

Article 393. Genocide.

The actions aimed at the complete or partial extermination of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups by means of killing the members of this group , inflicting severe damage to their health , violently preventing them from childbearing , enforced hand-over of children , violent re-population, or physical elimination of the members of this group , are punished with imprisonment for the term of 13 to 15 years or with life sentence.

Armenia - Criminal Procedure Code 1998 (2021) (EN)

Article 133. Genocide

1. Actions aimed at complete or partial extermination of any national, ethnic, racial or religious group by means of killing the members of thе group, causing grave harm to health or serious mental disorder or, inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; including forced displacement, imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group, or forcibly transferring children of the group to another group—
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of sixteen to twenty years or by life imprisonment.

Article 134. Direct and Public Provocation of Genocide

1. A direct and public provocation of a genocide—
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of six to twelve years.

2. The acts provided for in Part 1 of this Article, which have been committed:

1) through publicly demonstrated works or mass media or information or communication technologies; or
2) by a group of persons with prior agreement—
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten to fourteen years.

3. The acts provided for in Part 1 or Part 2 of this Article, which have been committed:

1) by a criminal organisation; or
2) by use of official or service powers or influence conditioned thereof —
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of fourteen to twenty years or by life imprisonment.

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.