Privación grave de la libertad física - crímenes de lesa humanidad

Australia

Australia - Criminal Code 1995 (2016) Vol 2

Chapter 8—Offences against humanity and related offences

Division 268—Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court

Subdivision C—Crimes against humanity

268.12 Crime against humanity—imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty

(1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
(a) the perpetrator imprisons one or more persons or otherwise severely deprives one or more persons of physical liberty; and
(b) the perpetrator's conduct violates article 9, 14 or 15 of the Covenant; and
(c) the perpetrator's conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.

(2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Australia - ICC (Consequential Amendments) Act 2002

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Criminal Code Act 1995

Chapter 8—Offences against humanity and related offences

Division 268—Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court

Subdivision C—Crimes against humanity


268.12 Crime against humanity—imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty

(1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:

(a) the perpetrator imprisons one or more persons or otherwise severely deprives one or more persons of physical liberty; and
(b) the perpetrator’s conduct violates article 9, 14 or 15 of the Covenant; and
(c) the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.

(2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Estatuto de Roma

Artículo 7 Crímenes de lesa humanidad

1. A los efectos del presente Estatuto, se entenderá por "crimen de lesa humanidad" cualquiera de los actos siguientes cuando se cometa como parte de un ataque generalizado o sistemático contra una población civil y con conocimiento de dicho ataque:

(e) Encarcelación u otra privación grave de la libertad física en violación de normas fundamentales de derecho internacional;