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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 129', 'art. 156', 'art. 259', 'art. 321', 'art. 373', 'Art. 264']

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Last updated 6 May 2004 Article V: The Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessary legislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention, and, in particular, to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.
Implementing the Genocide Convention in Domestic Law
The crime of genocide in domestic law and the domestic prosecution of persons committing genocide are subjects of international significance. Correspondingly, the failure of nations to enact laws against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are matters of international concern. For example, in April 1999, a Swiss court threw out the charge of genocide in the trial of Rwandan mayor, Fulgence Niyonteze, because the crime of genocide was not at that time a part of Swiss law. Many countries have more effective laws for air piracy (hijacking) than for genocide. The failure of countries to prosecute or extradite perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes has become a matter of tremendous international interest since the October 1998 arrest of former Chilean dictator Pinochet in the United Kingdom on Spanish charges of torture and genocide. Pinochet was released in March 2000 and allowed to return to Chile, but his case has become a crucial turning point in the effort to bring an end to impunity for torture, genocide and other international crimes. Laws and Penal Codes from Africa
Article 313 of Burkina Faso's Code Pénal
Article 137 of C�te d'Ivoire's Code Pénal
Article 281 of the Ethiopian Penal Code of 1957
Ghana: Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 1993 Section 1: Genocide
Article 30 of Mali's Code Pénal
Congo (Brazaville)'s 'Law No. 8 - 98 of 31 October 1998'' on genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
Seychelles' Genocide Act of 1969 South Africa's Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 27 (July 12, 2002)
Rwanda's Organic Law No. 08/96 on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity In English (or French) Loi Organique No. 40/2000 du 26/01/2001 Portant Creation des �Jurisdictions Gacaca� et Organisation des Pousuites des Infractions Constitutives du Crime de Genocide ou de Crimes contra L�Humanite, Commises enter le 1 Octobre 1990 et Le 31 Decembre 1994
Laws and Penal Codes from the Americas Antigua's Genocide Act, Laws, Vol. 4, chapter 191
Note on Argentina's penal code Barbados (Genocide Act, chapter 133A
Art�culo 138 of Bolivia's Codigo Penal Brazil's Law N°2.889 of Oct. 1, 1956 Canada's Act on genocide and war crimes [summary] Fran�ais [sommaire] Article 318 on Advocating Genocide
Artículo 361 of El Salvador's Código Penal
Jamaica's Offenses against the person (amendment) 1968, s. 33
Artículo 149 of Mexico's Codigo Penal Artículos 549 & 550 of Nicaragua's Codigo Penal Artículo 311 of the Código Penal of Panama Articulo 319 9 of Paraguay's Código Penal
Peru's Title XIV (Law # 26926 (Código Penal, Art. 129)
Note on Suriname
Genocide Act, 1977
Australia's Genocide Convention Act 1949
Bahrain, Decree No. 4 of 1990 (on genocide)
Bangladesh (International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973
Cambodian Law for prosecuting crimes committed from 1975 to 1979 China (see Hong Kong and Macau)
Chapter 34 (Genocide) of the Fiji Islands Penal Code
Hong Kong (China), Section 9A, Offenses Against Person Ordinance, Cap. 212 - genocide
UNDANG-UNDANG REP. INDONESIA NOMOR 26 TAHUN 2000 - Pasal 8 - genosida Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, issued December 10th, 2003
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) Penal Code Article 52 (Genocide)
Article 373 (Genocide) of the Kyrgyzstan Criminal Code Macau (China), Article 230 (Genocide)
New Zealand's Int'l Crimes and ICC Act of Sept. 6, 2000
Solomon Islands, Penal Code Article 52 (Genocide)
Tajikistan's Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind
Tonga (Genocide Act, 1969) Tuvalu, Penal Code, Article 52 (Genocide)
Laws and Penal Codes from Europe Criminal Code of Albania, Chap. 1, Crimes Against Humanity
Article 393 of the Criminal code of Armenia
Paragraph 321 of Austria's Strafgesetzbuch Article 103 and 104 of the Azerbaijan Criminal Code Article 127 of the Belarus Criminal Code
Belgium's Law on serious violations of international humanitarian law Bosnia-Herzegovia Penal Code, Article 141
Criminal Code of Bulgaria, Article 416 on Genocide
Croatia (Penal Code, art. 156)
Cyprus (Uw 59/ 1980)
Czech Republic (Penal Code, art. 259)
Denmark - Law Nr. 132 of April 29, 1955 Article 91 of Estonia's Karistusseadustik eriosa Article 211-1 of France's Code Pénal
Finnish Penal Code on Genocide and Ethnic Agitation Article 651 (genocide) of Georgia's penal code
220a of Germany's Strafgesetzbuch Also VStGB / CCAIL
Ireland's Genocide Act of 1973
Italy's law on Genocide of 9 October 1967, n. 962 Article 71 of the Penal Code of Latvia Liechtenstein Penal Code, art. 321 (offsite link)
Article 99 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code
Luxembourg's law of 8 August 1985 on genocide
Netherlands (Act of 2 July 1964 Implement-ing the Conv. on Genocide
Polish Penal Code (Kodeks Karny) Article 118 Article 239 of Portugal's Codigo Penal Article 356 of the Romanian Penal Code
Artículo 607 of Spain's Codigo Penal
Article 357 of the Russian Federal Criminal Code Slovakia (Criminal Code, articles 259-265)
Slovenia (Penal Code, 1994, Chapter 35, art. 373 and 378)
Lag 169 of Sweden's Lagboken (Act of 20 March 1963)
Switzerland (Penal Code), Art. 264
Criminal Code of Ukraine, Article 442 on Genocide
United Kingdom 's ICC Bill - 25 August 2000 (offsite PDF file)
Domestic Prosecution of Genocide In Rwanda, Cambodia, Germany, Kosovo, Latvia and other nations
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