National penalties - genocide

Netherlands

270 Act of 19 June 2003 containing rules concerning serious violations of international humanitarian law (International Crimes Act) 2003

ยง 2. Crimes
Section 3
1. Anyone who,: with intent to wholly or partly destroy, , any national, ethnic or religious group or a group belonging to a particular race, as such:
(a) kills members of the group;
(b) causes serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) deliberately inflicts upon the group conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the group, in whole or in part;
(d) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group; or
(e) forcibly transfers children of the group to another group,
shall be guilty of genocide and liable to life imprisonment or a term of imprisonment not exceeding thirty years or a sixth category fine.

2. Conspiracy and incitement to commit genocide which occur in public, either orally or in writing or by means of images, shall carry the same penalties as prescribed for attempted genocide.

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.