National penalties - life imprisonment

Malawi

Malawi - Penal Code 1930 (2018) EN

133. Punishment of rape

Any person who commits the offence of rape shall be liable to be punished with death or with imprisonment for life.

134. Attempted rape

Any person who attempts to commit rape shall be guilty of a felony and liable 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.