International Humanitarian Law - National Implementation

Code of Criminal Procedure of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003

Criminal Code of Republica Sprska, 2000

The Law on Humanitarian Activities and Humanitarian Organizations of the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina

Law on Implementation of the Rome Statute of the ICC and Cooperation with the ICC

Sect. 3 Fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual

Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2009

Attachment (in Bosnian)

National Case Law

Prosecutor v. Nikola Kovacevic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, no. X/KR/05/40, 03 November 2006

Prosecutor v. Marko Samardzija, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, no. X-KR-05/07, 3 November 2006

Prosecutor v. Boban Simsic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section 1 for War Crimes, No. X/KR/05/04, 11 July 2006

Prosecutor v. Nikola Andrun, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, no. X-KR-05/42, 14 December 2006 (First Instance and Appeal)

Prosecutor v. Nedo Samardzic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. X-KR-05/49, 29 September 2006, (First Instance and Appeal)

Prosecutor v. Radovan Stankovic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, no. X-KR-05/70, 14 November 2006

Prosecutor v. Dragoje Paunovic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, no. X/KRZ-05/16, 27 October 2006

Prosecutor v. Kreso Lucic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, No. X-KR_05/68, 19 September 2007

Prosecutor v. Hrvacevic, Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2 June 1998

Prosecutor v. Niset Ramić, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. X-KRŽ-06/197, 21 November 2007 and No. X-KR-06/197, 17 July 2007

Prosecutor v. Djedovic, Cantonal court of Sarajevo, 6 October 1998

Prosecutor v. Herak, Damjanovic and Tomic, Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 July 1997

Prosecutor v. Gordan Duric, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, No. X-KR-08/549-2, 10 September 2009

Prosecutor v. Novak Dukic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I, Case X-KR-07/394, 12 June 2009

Prosecutor v. Zrinko Picic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, 28 November 2008

Prosecutor v. Sreten Lazarevic et al., Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, No. X-KR-06/243, 29 September 2008

Prosecutor v. Drago, Cour cantonale de Tuzla, 19 November 1997

Prosecutor v. Ivica Vrdoljak, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, 10 July 2008

Prosecutor v. Maktouf, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, No. KPŽ 32/05, 4 April 2006

Prosecutor v. Momir Svaic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, No. X-KR-07/478, 03 July 2009

Prosecutor v. Ferid Hodzic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I, Case X-KR-07/430, 29 June 2009

Prosecutor v. Momčilo Mandić, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, No X-KR-05/58, 18 July 2007 (First Instance and Appeal)

Prosecutor v. Radmilo Vukovic, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, Appellate Panel, case no. X-KRZ-06/217, 13 August 2008

Prosecutor v. Zoran Maric, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Section I for War Crimes, case no. X-KR-05/96-3, 29 October 2009

Botswana

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Constitution of Botswana, 1966 (extracts)

Sect. 4 Protection of right to life

Sect. 5 Protection of right to personal liberty

Sect. 7 Protection from inhuman treatment

Sect. 10 Provisions to secure protection of law

Sect. 16 Derogation from fundamental rights and freedoms

Sect. 17 Declarations relative to emergencies

Sect. 48 Command of armed forces

Sect. 53 Prerogative of mercy

Red Cross Society of Botswana Act, 1968

Geneva Conventions Act, 1970

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, 1939 (as at 2005)

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act, 1990 (as at 2005)

Penal Code, 1964 (as at 2005)

Botswana Defence Force Act, 1977 (as at 2006)

Arms and Ammunitions Act, 1981

Brazil

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Penal Code (as amended in 1998)

Law No. 7170 defining crimes against national security, 1983

Law on genocide, 1956

Law No. 9.455 on the crime of torture, 1997

[Attachment + Text]

Law No. 7716 defining crimes related to race or color, 1989

Law No. 8081 criminalising discriminatory and racist acts in medias and publications, 1990

Law on amnesty, 1979

Regulation of the Law on amnesty, 1979

Law No. 3960 on the use of the emblem by national organizations of health and others, 1961

Law No. 9.140 on the Missing, 1995

[Attachment + Text]

Decree No 2998 of 23 March 1999 on the regulation of controlled products

Decree organizing the national system of civil defence, 1993

Law No 11.254 of 27 December 2005 on administrative and penal sanctions in the case of activities prohibited by the Convention on chemical weapons

Law No 9112 of 10 October 1995 on exportation of sensitive goods

Law on anti-personnel landmines, 2001

Law on the export of sensitive goods and services, 1995

Regulation on the fiscalization of controlled products, 1999

Decree creating the interministeriel commission for the application of the Convention on chemical weapons, 1996

Decree creating the National commission for the implementation of international humanitarian law, 2003

Constitution, 1988

Code of Military Justice (Código Penal Militar) 1969

Code of Criminal Procedure, Del nº 3.689, 3.10.1941 (with amendments up to 2008)

Sect. 83 State of emergency

Brunei Darussalam

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, 1959 (extracts)

Brunei Red Crescent Society (Incorporation Act), 1983 (extracts)

Sect. 1 Short tittle application and commencement

Sect. 2 Interpretation

Sect. 4 Objects of the Corporation

Sect. 5 Purposes of the Corporation

Sect. 12 Use of emblem and words

Sect. 13 Prohibition of use of emblem and words

Emergency (Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Negara Brunei Darussalam) (Incorporation) Order, 1990 (extracts)

Sect. 1 Citation

Sect. 2 Interpretation

Sect. 3 Incorporation of Persatuan

Sect. 4 Objects of Persatuan

Sect. 5 Purposes of Persatuan

Sect. 12 Prohibition of use of emblem, words and design

Bulgaria

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Penal Code (with amendments as at 2005)

Law on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Control Over Toxic Chemicals and Their Precursors, 2000

Law for Control Over the Explosives, Firearms and Munitions

attachment

Bulgarian Red Cross Law, No 254

Burkina Faso

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Decree No 262/PRES/IS/DI/SPP of 9 July 1962 on the recognition of the National Society of the Red Cross of the Upper Volta

Art. 35 Us et coutumes de guerre

Disciplinary Regulations for the Armed Forces (extracts)

Art. 36 Traitement des prisonniers

Code of Military Justice (extracts)

Art. 6 [Setting up of military tribunals in time of war]

Art. 8 [Provisions for military tribunals set up in time of war]

Art. 34 [Jurisdiction of military tribunals]

Art. 36 [Military personnel]

Art. 37 [Persons also to be considered as military personnel]

Art. 38 [Other persons under jurisdiction of military tribunals]

Art. 45 [Extension of jurisdiction in time of war]

Art. 46 [Extension of jurisdiction in state of emergency or state of siege]

Art. 162 [Penalties: exceptions for prisoners of war and persons not belonging to the armed forces]

Art. 192 [Release on parole not acceptable]

Art. 193 [Pillage]

Art. 194 [Despoliation of wounded, sick, shipwrecked or dead]

Art. 204 [Abuse of uniforms, decorations, medals and insignias]

Art. 205 [Abuse of protective signs and emblems]

Art. 213 [Refusal to obey]

Art. 214 [Refusal to obey when facing the ennemy]

Art. 215 [Refusal to obey: employees in military establishments]

Art. 226 [Use of violence on subordinate]

Decree No 94-0125/DEF/CAB introducing International Humanitarian Law (IHL) into the Armed Forces

Law No 25/94/ADP establishing a military tribunal in Ouagadougou (May 1994)

Decree No. 95-0026/DEF/CAB establishing a committee to promote International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and follow-up on measures to implement (IHL) within the Armed Forces

Art. 5 [Superior Force of Treaties]

Penal Code

[Full text]

Art. 4 [Territorial Application of the Code]

Art. 70 [Superior Order]

Art. 313 [Genocide]

Art. 314 [Crimes against Humanity]

Art. 315 [Genocide and Crimes against Humanity: Conspiracy]

Art. 316 [Genocide and Crimes against Humanity: Additional Penalties when not Death]

Art. 317 [Genocide and Crimes against Humanity: No Statutory Limitations]

Law No. 009/98/AN on the general status of the personnel of the National Armed Forces (extracts)

Art. 1 [Military personnel, duties, mission, etc.]

Art. 2 [Scope of general status]

Art. 3 [Particular status, disciplinary regulations for the Armed Forces]

Art. 23 [Superior order and command responsibility]

Art. 29 [Penal, disciplinary and other sanctions]

Art. 33 [Nationality, marital status and age for enlistment or conscription]

Art. 38 [Conditions and ways of recruitment]

Art. 39 [Conscription]

Art. 54 [Enlistment]

Art. 55 [Enlistment: conditions]

Art. 58 [Recruitment by competitive examination: modalities and conditions]

Art. 61 [Sanctions]

Art. 149 [Mortal remains]

Decree No. 2001-180/PRES/PM/SECU of 2 May 2001 on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines in Burkina Faso

Law No 059-2003/AN on the use and protection of the red cross and red crescent emblems in Burkina Faso

Law No 006-2004/AN modifying the Law No 043/96/ADP of 13 November 1996 on Penal Code

Loi 052-2009/AN du 03 decembre 2009 portant determination des competences et de la procedure de mise en ouvre du Statut de Rome

Burundi

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Ministerial Decree No 100/184 of 5 April 1963 (extracts on national society)

Decree of 30 April 1912 on the protection of the Red Cross and Geneva Cross

Penal Code (Decree Law No 1/6 of 4 April 1981)

Law No 1/015 of 20 July 1999, Code on penal procedure

Law No 1/004 of 8 May 2003 on the repression of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Law No 1/8 of 17 March 1980 on Military Penal Code

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban law: Loi No. 1/30 du 10 octobre 2008 portant mise en oeuvre de la Convention sur l'Interdiction de l'emploi, du Stockage, de la Production et du Transfert des Mines Antipersonnel et sur leur Destruction

attachment

Constitution, 2005

Cambodia

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Directive No. 144 of the Ministry of Health concerning the use of the emblem of the Red Cross, 1991

Royal Decree on the Use and Protection of the Red cross or Red Crescent Emblem

Royal Decree on the Recognition of the Cambodian Red Cross

Law on the organization and activities of the adjudicate courts of the State of Cambodia, 1993

Law on suppression of kidnapping, trafficking and export of human persons, 1996

Law on penal procedure, 1993

[Attachments]

Law on the repression of human abduction, trad and exploitation, 1996

Prakas concerning the organisation and functioning of a Disciplinary Council - Ministry of Defence, 13 September 1999

Art. 1 Independence of the judiciary

Provisions relating to the judiciary and criminal law and procedure applicable in Cambodia during the transitional period, 1992

[Full text in pdf]

[Preamble]

Art. 10 Legal assistance

Art. 11 Military tribunals

Art. 12 Treatment of detainees

Art. 13 Arrest and detention

Art. 14 Pre-trial detention

Art. 15 Administrative detention

Art. 16 Release of detainees

Art. 21 Time limits

Art. 30 Statute of limitations

Art. 35 Illegal confinement

Art. 50 Carrying or transporting illegal arms

Art. 53 Infringement of individual rights

Art. 64 Complicity

Art. 67 Disregard of inconsistent rules

Art. 68 International instruments

Art. 69 Entry into force

Agreement between the United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia concerning the prosecution under Cambodian Law of crimes committeed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea, 17 March 2003

Decision of the Royal Government of Cambodia to establish the Task Force for cooperation with foreign legal experts for the preparation of the proceedings for the trial of Khmer Rouge criminals, 20 August 1999

Law on the general status of the military, 1997

Law on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines, 1999

Circular of the Government of Cambodia concerning preservation of remains of the victims of the genocide committeed during the regime of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1978), and preparation of Anlong Veng to become a region for historical tourism, 14 December 2001

Royal Decree - pardon to Len Sary, former Deputy Primer Minister, 14 September 1996

Law on the outlawing of the Democratic Kampuchea Group, 15 July 1994

Law on Temporary Detention, 1999

Constitution, 1993 (with amendments up to 1999)

Criminal Code, 2009

Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of Magistracy

[Attachment - Full text pdf ]

National Case Law

Khmer Rouge Trial Task Force, Indictment and Detention Orders: Ung Choeun, 1st indictment; Kaing Khek lev, 1st indictment; Ung Choeun and Kaing Knek lev, 2nd indictment; Ung Choeun, detention order 22 February 2002-03; Kaing Khek lev, detention order 22 February 2002-03

Judgement of the Revolutionary People's Tribunal for the trial of the genocide crime of the Pol Pot - Ieng Sary clique, 1979, off. doc. GA. 4/34/491 (20 September 1979)

Constitutional Council, Decision No 040/002/2001 on the law on the establishment of extraordinary chambers for the prosecution of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea

Constitutional Council, Decision No 043/005/2001 on the law on the establishment of extraordinary chambers for the prosecution of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea

Cameroon

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Penal Code (extracts)

Art. 1 Aucune exemption

Art. 2 Application générale et spéciale

Art. 3 Non rétroactivité

Art. 4 Loi moins rigoureuse

Art. 5 Nouvelle mesure de sûreté

Art. 6 Abolition de l'infraction, de la peine ou de la mesure

Art. 7 Infraction commise sur le territoire

Art. 8 Infraction partiellement ou totalement commise à l’étranger

Art. 9 Complicité, conspiration, tentative

Art. 10 Infraction commise à l’étranger par le citoyen ou résident

Art. 11 Infractions internationales

Art. 12 Compétence générale des juridictions de la République

Art. 66 La grâce

Art. 67 La prescription

Art. 73 Effets [de l'amnistie]

Art. 76 Exécution de la loi

Art. 81 Menaces

Art. 82 Crainte révérencielle

Art. 83 Obéissance à l'autorité légale

Art. 102 Hostilités contre la patrie

Art. 103 Autres crimes punis de mort

Art. 104 Peine de droit commun

Art. 105 Atteintes punies d'un maximum de dix ans

Art. 106 Atteintes punies d'un maximum de cinq ans

Art. 107 Non-dénonciation

Art. 108 Temps de guerre

Art. 109 Définition du secret de la défense nationale

Art. 110 Extension aux puissances étrangères

Art. 111 Sécession

Art. 112 Guerre civile

Art. 113 Propagation de fausses nouvelles

Art. 114 Révolution

Art. 115 Bande armée

Art. 116 Insurrection

Art. 117 Définition des armes

Art. 128 Emploi illégal de la force

Art. 131 Définition du fonctionnaire

Art. 132 Aggravation pour les fonctionnaires

Art. 132bis Torture

Art. 133 Déchéances, confiscation et publicité

Art. 267 Apologie de certains crimes et délits

Art. 291 Arrestation et séquestration

Art. 292 Travail forcé

Art. 293 Esclavage

Art. 330 Marques de fabrique ou de commerce

Ordinance No. 72-5 of 26 August 1972 to establish military judicial organization, as amended by the Law No 74-2 of 1 July, the Law No 90-48 of 19 December, the Law No 97/008 of 10 January 1997 and the Law No 98-007 of 14 April 1998 (extracts)

Art. 1 [Establishment of a military tribunal]

Art. 2 [Other military courts]

Art. 3 [Composition]

Art. 4 [Appointment of members of the military tribunal]

Art. 5 [Jurisdiction]

Art. 6 [Minors]

Art. 7 [Aliens]

Art. 8 [Proceedings]

Art. 11 [Prosecution]

Art. 17 [Civil parties]

Art. 19 [Appearance of the accused]

Art. 29 [Appeal]

Art. 31 [Time of war or exceptional circumstances]

Decree No 72-736 of 29 December 1972 to designate the civil authorities in charge of prosecution before the military courts

Decree No 72-588 of 25 October 1972 (and amending Decree No 83-468 of 3 October 1983) to set up military courts at Bafoussam and Buea

Decree No 75/700 of 6 November 1975 on the general discipline in the Armed Forces

Decree No 76-346 of 14 August 1976 to set up a military court at Douala

Decree No 63/DF/6 of 9 January 1963 on the recognition of the Cameroonian Red Cross

Decree No 83-469 of 3 October 1983 to set up the Garoua military court

Decision No 9 of 25 April 1984 to authorize the Yaounde Military Tribunal to sit in the chief towns of the Centre, South and East Provinces

Law No. 90-47 of 19 December 1990 relating to the state of emergency

Directive on training on international humanitarian law and the law of war, No 00280/DU/MINDEF/1043 of 14 February 1994

Law No 97/010 of 10 January 1997 amending certain provisions of the Law No 64/LF/13 of 26 June 1964 on extradition

Law No 97/009 of 10 January 1997 amending the Criminal Code

Sect. 2 [Description of the emblem]

Law No. 97-2 of 10 January 1997 on the protection of the red cross emblem and name

Sect. 1 [Object]

Sect. 3 [Use of the emblem]

Sect. 4 [Identification purposes]

Sect. 5 [Emblem of the Cameroon Red Cross]

Sect. 6 [Authorization]

Sect. 7 [Protective purposes]

Sect. 8 [Medical personnel]

Sect. 9 [Medical units, establishments and means of transportation]

Sect. 10 [Trade marks]

Sect. 11 [Exclusive use by the Cameroon Red Cross]

Sect. 12 [Authorization]

Sect. 13 [Identity cards]

Sect. 14 [Forbidden use]

Sect. 15 [Delegates]

Sect. 16 [Penalties]

Sect. 17 [Registration and publication]

Constitution (Law No. 96-06 of 18 January 1996 to amend the Constitution of 2 June 1972)

Sect. 6 When mark or name confusing

National Case Law

Case No. 433/COR, Court of Appeal, 15 March 1996 [Extradition of T. Bagosora]

Case No. 615/COR, Court of Appeal, 31 May 1996 [Extradition of 19 Rwandan nationals]

Case No. 337/COR, Court of Appeal, 21 February 1997 [Extradition of 8 Rwandan nationals]

Canada

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Trade-Marks Act (extracts)

Sect. 1 Short title

Sect. 2 Definitions

Sect. 9 Prohibited marks

Criminal Code (extracts and full version)

Sect. 2 Definitions

Subsect. 7(3) Offence against internationally protected person

Subsect. 7(10) Certificate as evidence

Subsect. 7(11) Idem

Sect. 9 Criminal offences to be under law of Canada

Sect. 462.3 Interpretation

Sect. 468 Superior court of criminal jurisdiction

Sect. 469 Court of criminal jurisdiction

Sect. 470 Jurisdiction over person

Subsect. 607(6) Exception: foreign trials in absentia

Sect. 650 Accused to be present

Offences against the administration of justice

Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act

Short title

Interpretation

Her Majesty

Offences within Canada

Offences outside Canada

Procedure and defences

Parole eligibility

Proceeds of crime

Crimes Against Humanity Fund

Consequential amendments

Conditional amendments

Coming into force

Schedule Provisions of Rome Statute

Attachment (full version)

Geneva Conventions Act

Sect. 1 Short title

Sect. 2 Conventions approved

Sect. 3 Grave breaches

Sect. 4 Definitions

Sect. 5 Notice of trial of protected persons

Sect. 6 Time for appeal from sentence of death or imprisonment for two years or more

Sect. 7 Prisoner of war subject to Code of Service Discipline

Sect. 8 Regulations respecting prisoners of war

Sect. 9 Certificate of Minister of Foreign Affairs

Geneva Conventions' Amendment Act

Sect. 3 Extraditable conduct

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act, 1988 (extracts)

Sect. 2 [Definitions]

Extradition Act, 1999 (extracts)

Sect. 2 Definitions

Sect. 6.1 No immunity

Sect. 9 Designated States and Entities

Schedule States or entities designated as extradition partners

National Defence Act, 1985 (extracts)

Sect. 2 Interpretation

Sect. 20 Enrolment

Sect. 34 Limitation on deployment

Sect. 60 Application

Sect. 66 Plea in Bar of Trial

Sect. 67 Place of Commission of Offence

Sect. 68 Place of Trial

Sect. 69 Period of Liability

Sect. 70 Limitations with respect to Certain Offences

Sect. 71 Jurisdiction of Civil Courts

Sect. 72 Responsibility for Offences

Sect. 77 Miscellaneous Operational Offences

Sect. 83 Insubordination

Sect. 92 Disgraceful Conduct

Sect. 93 [Idem]

Sect. 99 Offences in relation to Service Arrest and Custody

Sect. 114 Offence in relation to Property

Sect. 124 Miscellaneous Offences

Sect. 130 Offences Punishable by Ordinary Law

Sect. 132 [Idem]

Sect. 136 [Idem]

Sect. 137 [Idem]

Sect. 150 Ignorance of Law

Sect. 151 Civil Defences

Sect. 166 General Courts Martial

Sect. 169 Disciplinary Courts Martial

Sect. 173 Standing Courts Martial

Sect. 176 Special General Courts Martial

Sect. 230 Right to Appeal

Sect. 231 [Idem]

Sect. 245 Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

Sect. 249.17 Right to be Represented

Sect. 273 Jurisdiction of Civil Courts

Prisoner-of-War Status Determination Regulations

Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act

Book one; Title III; Chapter III: Absence and death

Criminal Code amendment 2005 (cultural property)

attachment

Civil Code of Québec (extracts)

Presumption of Death Act, Newfoundland

Presumption of Death Act, Nova Scotia

DNA Identification Act, 1998

Survivorship and Presumption of Death Act, British Columbia

Constitution (consolidated version), 1867 and 1982

Privacy Act, 1985

Canadian Red Cross Society Act, 1909

National Case Law

Regina v. Finta, Supreme Court of Canada, 24 March 1994

Canada (Justice) v. Khadr, Supreme Court of Canada, 23 May 2008

Mugesera v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100, 2005 SCC 40, 28 June 2005

Regina v. Boland, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, 16 May 1995

Regina v. Seward, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, 27 May 1996

Regina v. Désiré Munyaneza, Superior Court, Criminal Division, 22 May 2009

Cape Verde

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

General Statute of the Military

Organic Law No 62/IV/92 on the Armed Forces of 30 December 1992

Law No 63/IV/92 on the general conditions of the military of 30 December 1992

MIlitary Discipline regulations of 25 June 1993

Decree No 19/2001 on the establishment of a national committee on human rights

Central African Republic (the)

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Decret N°04.392 du 27 Decembre 2004 portant promulgation de la Constitution de la République Centrafricaine

Decree No 03/007 of 3 April 2003 on the establishment of the transitional national council

[Attachment[

Constitution, 1990

Chad

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Law No 59-14 of 13 November 1959 on public security

Law No 25-62 of 18 December 1962 on the Code of Military Justice

Ordinance 44/INT-SUR/62 of 27 October 1962 on the state of emergency

Ordinance No 13-PR-MI of 9 June 1967 - Code of Criminal Procedure

Ordinance No 12-67-PR-MI on the promulgation of the Penal Code (Extracts)

Ordinance No 012/PR/90 of 24 April 1990 on the transitional provisions of Ordinance No 2/PR/86 to the Code of Military Justice

Decree 91-016 PCE/CEDNACVG of 6 February 1991- National Army

Ordinance 91-001 of 16 January 1991 - PCE/CEDNACVG - on the reorganisation of the Armed Forces

Ordinance 91-001 of 2 April 1991 on the establishment of a martial court

Ordinance 009/PR/92 of 13 July 1992 on general amnesty for crimes perpetrated by members of armed forces

Ordinance No 004/PR/MJ/93 of 27 February 1993 on the establishment of a special criminal court of justice

Law No 031/PR/94 of 9 September 1994 on the establishment of the national committee for human rights

Law No. 28 PR/2006 Implementing the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction in the Republic of Chad

Constitution, 1996

Decree 95-269 national Police code of deontology

National Case Law

Affaire Hissein Habré, Ordonnance aux fins d'incompetence, Cour d'Appel de Ndjamena, 23 November 2000

Affaire Hissein Habré, Décision du Conseil Constitutionnel, 6 avril 2001

Chile

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Law No. 6371 of 1939 on the protection of the red cross emblem, as modified by Law No. 19.511 of 1997

Art. 1 [Jurisdiction of military tribunals]

Code of Military Justice, 1944 (extracts)

Art. 13 [Peacetime military tribunals]

Art. 71 [Wartime military tribunals]

Art. 72 [Military jurisdiction]

Art. 73

Art. 74 [Commander-in-chief]

Art. 81 [Councils of war]

Art. 82

Art. 121 [Application of ordinary penal law]

Art. 183 [Convocation of Council of war by decree]]

Art. 205 [Application of the Penal Code]

Art. 207 [Mitigating circumstances]

Art. 208 [Absolving circumstances]

Art. 209 [Mitigating circumstances]

Art. 211 [Superior order as a mitigating circumstance]

Art. 244 [Crimes against the external security of the State]

Art. 259 [Offences against international law]

Art. 334 [Desobedience]

Art. 335

Art. 358 [Offences against property]

Art. 374 [Use of force against prisoners of war]

Art. 375 [Mutiny of prisoners of war]

Art. 376 [Release on parole]

Art. 418 to 436 [Supplementary provisions and definitions]

Law No 17798 on arms control

Ministerial Decree No. 1229 of 31 August 1994 on the creation of the National Commission on Humanitarian Law

Decree No 355 on the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Law No 2191 on amnesty, 1978

Decree No. 1 with the force of law, coordinating and systematizing certain provisions of the Civil Code (extracts)

Law No. 19.123 on establishment of a national authority for reparation and reconciliation

Law No. 19.687 on obligatory confidentiality regarding information on missing detainees

Law No. 20357 on Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide and War Crimes, 2009

Code of Criminal Procedure (as at 2007)

Penal Code (full version as at 2009)

National Case Law

Barrientos Cárdenas Armanda, Rol 57-74A, Valparaiso War Council, 25 April 1974

Schubert Klein, Alexander Herbert y otros, San Fernando War Council, 28 November 1974

Case "Lumi Videla", Rol 13.597-94, Appeal Court of Santiago, 26 September 1994

Case "Bárbara Urive Tambley and E. F. Van Jurick", Appeal Court of Santiago, 30 September 1994

Case "Bárbara Urive Tambley and E. F. Van Jurick", Supreme Court, 26 October 1995

Case "Lumi Videla", On compatibility between Law No. 2191 and international treaties, Supreme Court, 30 January 1996

Supreme Court, 19 August 1998

Supreme Court, 20 August 1998

Supreme Court, 8 September 1998

Supreme Court, 9 September 1998 ("Pedro Poblete Córdova" case)

Supreme Court, 16 September 1998

Supreme Court, 26 October 1998

Review of the ICC Statute, Constitutional Court, 8 April 2002

Supreme Court, 15 May 2002

Decision on Immunities for A. Pinochet, Supreme Court, 13 August 2000 (levée immunité parlementaire A. Pinochet)

Case Ruth Kries Saavedra, Supreme Court, 19 noviembre 1993

Decisión de la Quinta Sala de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago, Chile, en el caso María Barros Perelman y otros.

Rauff, Walther (extradición pasiva), Supreme Court, 26 April 1963

Case Insunza Bascuñán, Iván Sergio, Supreme Court, 24 August 1990

Prosecutor v. Augusto Pinochet et al., Ariosto Lapostol Orrego, Fernando Polanco Gallardo, Luis Fernandez Monjes, Hector Vallejos Birtiolo. Partie civile, Ernesto Lejderman Avalos, Supreme Court of Chile, 696-2008, .

China

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Constitution, adopted 4 December 1982 (with amendments up to 2004)

Amendments to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China - last amendment 28 February 2005

Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China - promulgated by Order 83 on 14 March 1997

Law on the Protection of Minors

Law on Military Service, 1984

Code of Criminal Procedure

Decision of the Standing Committee on Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction over the Crimes Prescribed in the International Treaties to Which China is a Party

Law on the Red Cross Society (and Regulations)

Attachments

Law on State Security (and Regulations)

Law on the Procedure for the Conclusion of Treaties

Prison Law

Law on Administrative Punishment

Regulations Concerning Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities

Colombia

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Constitution, 1991

Law 199 of 22 July 1995 changing the title of the Ministry of the Interior and setting out the principles and general regulations whereby the government will modify its structure, and enacting certain other provisions (extracts)

Decree 372 of 26 February 1996 establishing the internal structure of the Ministry of the Interior and its functions, and enacting certain other provisions (extracts)

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Decree 1155 of 29 June 1999 modifying the structure of the Office of the Public Prosecutor and enacting certain other provisions (extracts)

Decree 1016 of 14 May 1990 promulgating certain international conventions

Decreto número 4085 de 2011 (1° de noviembre) por el cual se establecen los objectivos y la estructura de la Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado

Decreto número 4768 de 2011 (diciembre 14) por medio del cual se adoptan medidas para restringir la utilización de dispositivos de telecomunicaciones en los establecimientos penitenciarios y carcelarios y se dictan otras disposiciones

Decreto Número 4796 de (20 Diciembre) 2011 por el cual se reglamentan parcialmente los artículos 8°, 9°, 13 y 19 de la Ley 1257 de 2008 y se dictan otras disposiciones.

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Decree 860 of 8 May 1998 concerning the protection and use of the name and emblem of the Red Cross, the protection of its activities and the facilitation of humanitarian work in Colombia

Law Nr 875 of 2 January 2004 on the Protection of the Emblem

Decree No. 138 on the Execution of the Law on the Use of the Emblem of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 2005

Libro primero; Título II: De la aplicación de la ley penal

Penal Code - Law 599 of 24 July 2000 promulgating the Penal Code (extracts and full version attached)

Libro primero; Título IV: De las consecuencias jurídicas de la conducta punible (Capitulo quinto: De la extinción de la acción y de la sanción penal)

Libro segundo; Título I: Delitos contra la vida y la integridad personal (Capítulo primero: Del genocidio; capítulo segundo: Del homicidio)

Libro segundo; Título II: Delitos contra personas y bienes protegidos por el derecho internacional humanitario

Libro segundo; Título III: Delitos contra la libertad individual y otras garantás (Capítulo primero: De la desaparición forzada)

Libro segundo; Título XII: Delitos contra la seguridad pública (Capítulo segundo: De los delitos de peligro común o que pueden ocasionar grave perjuicio para la comunidad y otras infracciones)

Attachment (full version)

Military Penal Code - Law 522 of 12 August 1999 promulgating the Military Penal Code (extracts)

Libro primero; Título primero: Normas rectoras de la ley penal militar

Libro segundo; Título sexto: Delitos contra la población civil

Law Nr 734 on the Disciplinary Code, 2002

[Link]

Law 589 of 6 July 2000 defining genocide, forced disappearance, forced displacement and torture, and making certain other provisions

National Policy on Anti-personnel Mines, unexploded munitions and Improvised Explosives 2009 (POLÍTICA NACIONAL DE ACCIÓN INTEGRAL CONTRA MINAS ANTIPERSONAL (MAP), MUNICIONES SIN EXPLOTAR (MUSE) Y ARTEFACTOS EXPLOSIVOS IMPROVISADOS (AEI))

Law 759 of 25 July 2002 establishing rules for compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and enacting provisions for eradicating the use of anti-personnel mines in Colombia

Decree 105 of 18 January 2001 promulgating the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, Oslo, 18 September 1997

Decree 2113 of 2001 establishing the Joint National Commission on Action Against Anti-personnel Mines

Decree 1419 of 2002 establishing the High National Authority for the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons, and for Their Destruction, ANPROAQ

Law 387 of 18 July 1997 adopting measures to prevent forced displacement and to provide care, protection, support and socio-economic stability for persons displaced internally by violence in the Republic of Colombia

Decree 173 of 26 January 1998 adopting the national plan for the care of persons displaced by violence

Decree 1396 of 8 August 1996 establishing the Commission for the Human Rights of the Indigenous Peoples and the Special Programme for Indigenous Peoples

The Colombian Armed Forces Directive No. 10/2007 on the Reaffirmation of the Obligations of the Law Enforcement Authorities to Prevent Homicides against Protected Persons

Decreto Número 4799 de (20 Diciembre) 2011 por el cual se reglamentan parcialmente las Leyes 294 de 1996, 575 de 2000 y 1257 de 2008

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Decreto Número 4798 de (20 Diciembre) 2011 por el cual se reglamentan parcialmente la Ley 1257 de 2008, ‘por la cual se dictan normas de sensibilización y sanción de formas de violencia y discriminación contra las mujeres, se reforman los Códigos Penal, de Procedimiento Penal, la Ley 294 de 1996 y se dictan otras disposiciones’.

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Decree 321 of 2000 establishing the Joint Standing Commission on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law

Decreto número 4100 de 2011 (2 de noviembre) por el cual se crea y organiza el Sistema Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario, se modifica la Comisión Intersectorial de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario y se dictan otras disposiciones

Decreto número 3750 de 2011 (octubre 10) por medio del cual se reglamenta el articulo 9° de la Ley 1421 de 2010, "por la cual se prorroga la Ley 418 de 1997, prorrogada y modificada por las Leyes 548 de 1999, 782 de 2002 y 1106 de 2006"

Law No 971 of 14 July 2005 on the creation of a research mechanism for missing persons

Decreto número 4085 de 2011 (1° de noviembre) por el cual se establecen los objectivos y la estructura de la Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado

Military Penal Code, 2010

Law on Victims of Enforced Disappearance (Ley de Homenaje a las Víctimas de las Desapariciones Forzadas)

Code of Criminal Procedure, 2004 (Law No. 906, 2004)

Law 782 of 2002, modifying Law 418 of 1997

Law 548 of 1999, modifying Law 418 of 1997

Law No. 40 establishing the National Statute on Kidnapping

Law No. 852, 2003 to protect and regulate the mision and humanitarian activities of the Colombian National Society of the Red Cross

Directive from the Office of the Attorney General on Interpretation of the crime "homicide of protected person", Article 135 of the Penal Code

Law No. 49, 1985 on Amnesty and Pardon

Law No. 418 of 1997, on providing the State with tools to guarantee fundamental rights and freedoms (cf. Title I, Chapter II on children in armed conflict)

Law No. 975 of 2005, on reincorporating members of organised rebel groups who contribute to national peace

National Case Law

Sentencia C-172/04, Corte Constitucional, revisión de constitucionalidad de la Ley 833 de 2003 que aprobó el Protocolo Facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño relativo a la participación de niños en los Conflictos Armados

Sentencia C-473/05, Revisión de constitucionalidad del proyecto de ley estatutaria número 065 de 2003 Senado, 197 de 2003 Cámara, “por medio de la cual se reglamenta el mecanismo de búsqueda urgente y se dictan otras disposiciones”.

Gian Carlo Gutiérrez Suárez, Supreme Court, Segunda instancia de Justicia y Paz, Radicado No. 32.022, 21 September 2009

Sentencia SU-1184/2001, sobre conflicto de jurisdicciones en relación a violación de los derechos humanos, peticionario Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo

Sentencia C-578-1995, Acción de inconstitucionalidad contra el artículo 15 del Decreto Ley 85 de 1989 (sobre responsabilidad militar del superior)

Sentencia C-225/95, Corte Constitucional, revisión constitucional del Protocolo II a las Convenciones de Ginebra de 1949

Sentencia No. C-358/97, Corte Constitucional, Jaime Enrique Lozano, demanda de inconstitucionalidad contra los artículos 25 y otros del Decreto 2550 por el que se expidió el Código Penal Militar

Sentencia C-511/94, Corte Constitucional, Acciones de inconstitucionalidad contra los artículos 4 y otros de la Ley 48 de 1993 por la cual se reglamenta el servicio de reclutamiento y movilización.

Sentencia C-574/1992, Corte Constitucional, revisión oficiosa del Protocolo Adicional I a las Convenciones de Ginebra de 1949

Ruling C-148/05: "Demanda de inconstitucionalidad contra las expresiones “grave” contenida en el numeral 1º del artículo 101 y “graves” contenida en los artículos 137 y 178 de la Ley 599 de 2000 “por la cual se expide el Código Penal”

Ruling C-291/07: "Demanda de inconstitucionalidad contra los artículos 135, 156 y 157 (parciales) de la Ley 599 de 2000, y 174, 175, 178 y 179 de la Ley 522 de 1999."

Sentencia C-092/96, Corte Constitucional, revisión de constitucionalidad del Decreto 20 de 1995, por el cual se dictan medidas destinadas a proteger la población civil en los operativos militares

Constitutionality of the ICC Statute, Constitutional Court, Sentence No. C-578/02, 30 July 2002

Comoros (the)

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Decree 94-095/PR of 27 September 1994 on the recognition of the Red Cross emblem

Decree No 85/29/MEIAS of 14 September 1985 on the recognition of the Comorian Red Crescent Society

Attachment (French full version and English summary

Constitution, 2001

Penal Code (as amended in 1995)

Congo (the)

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Order No 62-6 of 28 July 1962 prohibiting means aiming at identifying a person according to ethnic character

Law No 5/63 of 13 January 1963 on Plundering and Devastation

Art. 4 [Non-retroactivity]

Penal Code, 1963 (extracts and full version)

Art. 313 [Responsibility of group leaders and instigators]

Art. 327 [Offences demanded by law and legitimate authority]

Code of penal procedure, 1963 (extracts and full version)

[Attachment - Full text in French]

Art. 7 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 8 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 97 [Information of the accused]

Art. 98 [Communication with counsel]

Art. 101 [Presence of counsel]

Art. 241 [Preparatory procedure]

Art. 242 [Assistance of counsel]

Art. 268 [Assistance of counsel]

Art. 648 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 3 [Entente, incitation directe, etc.]

Law No. 8 - 98 of 31 October 1998 on the definition and the repression of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity

[Attachment - Full text]

Art. 1 [Définition]

Art. 2 [Peine de mort]

Art. 4 [Crimes de guerre]

Art. 5 [Peine]

Art. 6 [Crimes contre l'humanité]

Art.12 [Interdiction de séjour]

Art. 13 [Responsabilité de l'auteur ou du complice]

Art. 14 [Imprescriptibilité]

Art. 15 [Rétroactivité]

Art.16 [Publication]

Law No 25/82 of 7 July 1982 on Extradition of Foreigners

Part I General principles

Law No. 19-99 modifying and supplementing certain provisions of Law No. 022-92 of 20 August 1992 on the organisation of the judiciary in the Republic of the Congo (extracts)

[Extracts]

Law No. 022-92 of 20 August 1992 relative to the organization of judicial power in the Republic of Congo (extracts)

Part II - Chapter X Military tribunals

Regulations on General Discipline of the National People's Army, 1986 (extracts)

Art. 18 Devoirs généraux du militaire

Art. 19 Supérieurs et subalternes

Art. 20 Devoirs et responsabilités du chef dans l'exercice de l'autorité

Art. 21 Devoirs et responsabilités du subordonné

Art. 28 Généralités

Art. 29 Devoirs du chef au combat

Art. 30 Devoirs du combattant

Art. 31 Devoirs du prisonnier

Art. 32 Conventions internationales, lois et coutumes de guerre

Art. 33 Traitement des prisonniers

Law No. 21-99 relative to the amnesty for acts of war committed during the civil wars of 1993-1994, 1997 and 1998-1999

Order No 3-2001 of 5 February 2001 on the organization and functioning of the Congolese Armed Forces

Instruction No 0286/MDN/FAC/EMG/DOPS dated 6 June 2002 on the behaviour of the armed forces in military operations

Décret No. 2002-9 portant attributions et organisation de la direction générale des affaires stratégiques et de la coopération militaire

Décrets No. 2002-11 portant attributions et organisation de la direction générale des ressources humaines; No. 2002-12 portant attributions et organisation de la direction générale de l'administration et des finances; Directive relative à la diffusion du droit des conflitss armés au sein des forces armées

Loi No. 1-99 portant attributions, organisation et fonctionnement de la haute cour de justice

Loi No. 10-97 portant organisation et fonctionnement de la Gendarmerie Nationale

Constitution, 2002

National Case Law

Cour suprême, In re: Draft law on the definition and repression of crimes against humanity, Supreme Court (Opinion), 24 March 1998

Opinion No 019/CS99 dated 27 October 1999, Cour suprême, Avis sur la conformité du statut de la Cour Pénale Internationale et de l'Acte Final au droit positif congolais

Opinion No 066/CS02, 16 décembre 2002, Cour suprême, Avis sur la conformité du Statut de la Cour Pénale Internationale à la constitution du 20 janvier 2002

Cook Islands

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Act 2002

Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2007

Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 2007

Nuclear Test Ban Act 2007