International Humanitarian Law - National Implementation

Anti-Personnel Mines Band Act, 2004

Belize Constitution Act [as at 28th October 2002]

Criminal Code [as at 31st December 2000]

Benin

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1967

Art. 3 §6 [Commander's responsibility]

Decree No. 69-312/PR-DN on the Regulation of the military service - first part, common to all arms, 1969 (extracts)

Art. 4 [Duty to control]

Art. 38 [Categories of offences]

Art. 39 [Duty to maintain discipline by monitoring and punishing]

Directive N° 91-0034, issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Benin Teaching of first aid and international humanitarian law to the Armed Forces of Benin, 1991

Art. 4, 5 et 6 [Working procedures]

Decree N°98-155 creating the National Commission on the implementation of international humanitarian law, 1998

Art. 1 [Creation]

Art. 2 [Competence]

Art. 3 [Membership]

Art. 7, 8 et 9 [Assistance]

Art. 10 [Final provisions]

Law No 2004-06 on the use and protection of the red cross and red crescent emblems in Benin

Decret No. 2007-491 Portant attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du Ministère de la Justice, de la Législation et des Droits de l'Homme

Constitution, 1990

Loi No. 81-014 portant Statut General des personnels militaires des Forces Armees

Loi 88-006 du 26 Avril 1988, modifiant et complétant Ia Loi No. 81-014 du 10 Octobre 1981, portant Statut Général des Personnels Militaires des Forces Armées Populaires du Bénin

Décret No. 69/6 relatif aux Conseils de discipline

Bhutan

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Bolivia

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Law No 1768 amending the Criminal Code, 1997

Decree No 27977 of 14 January 2005 approving the Manual of use of force in internal conflicts

Military Penal Code, 1976

Law for the compensation of victims of political violence, 2004

Law on the Use and Protection of the Red Cross Emblem, 2000

Code of Military Penal Procedure

Decree No. 23.345 creating a Permanent National Commission for the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, 1992

Law of the Armed Forces, 1992

Code of the Child and the Teenager, 1999

Criminal Procedure Code, 1999

Regulations of the Permanent National Commission for the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, 1992

Law on the Limitation of Risks and the Prevention of disasters, 2000

Constitution, 2009

Law Approving and Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of Bolivia and the ICRC on Visits to Detainees, 1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Law on the use and protection of the red cross emblem and the title of the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2002

Criminal Code of Republika Srpska, 2003

Decree with force of law on extradition at the request of the International Tribunal, 1995

Law amending the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2004

Law on Cooperation between Republika Srpska and the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague, 2001

Law on the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 21 October 2004

Law on Missing Persons, 2004

Code of Criminal Procedure of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003

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

Law on the Red Cross of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006

Law on Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and Cooperation with the International Criminal Court, 2009

Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995 (as amended in 2009)

Amendments to the Law on the status and authority of the Red Cross of the Republika Srpska, 2003

Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republika Srpska, 2012

Law on Humanitarian Activities and Humanitarian Organizations of the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina, 1998

Law on the status and authority of the Red Cross of the Republika Srpska, 1994

National Case Law

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

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. 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

Red Cross Society of Botswana Act, 1968

Geneva Conventions Act, 1970

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, 1939.

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

Penal Code, 1964 (as at 2005)

Botswana Defence Force Act No.13, 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 No 11.254 on the Establishment of Administrative and Penal Sanctions in relation to Activities prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, 2005

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

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

Lei N° 8.457, de 4 de Setembro de 1992 - Organiza a Justiça Militar da União e regula o funcionamento de seus Serviços Auxiliares

Lei N° 4.375, de 17 de Agôsto de 1964 - Lei do Serviço Militar

Law No. 7210, 1984 - Lei de Execucao Penal

Decreto Nº 88.545, de 26 de Julho de 1983 - Aprova o Regulamento Disciplinar para a Marinha e dá outras providências

Código de Processo Penal Militar, 1969

Decreto Nº 76.322, de 22 de Setembro de 1975 - Aprova o Regulamento Disciplinar da Aeronáutica (RDAER)

Lei N° 8.072, de 25 de Julho de 1990 - Crimes hediondos

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)

Brunei Darussalam

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, 1959 (as of 2008)

Bulgaria

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Penal Code (as last amended on April 26, 2011)

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, 1995

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 N° 003-2006/AN du 14 mars 2006 portant application de la Convention sur l'interdiction de la mise au point, de la fabrication, du stockage et de l'emploi des armes chimiques et sur leur destruction, adoptée à la Conférence de Genève le 3 septembre 1992

Constitution (Loi No. 002/97/ADP), 1997

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

Decree on the protection of the Red Cross and Geneva Cross, 1912

Decree-Law No. 1/6 on the Reform of the Penal Code

Criminal Procedure Code, 1999

Military Penal Code, 1980

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Act, 2008

Constitution, 2005

Law on the establishment, organization, missions, composition and functioning of national defense forces, 2004

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

text of Directive

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

Law on the establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers, with inclusion of amendments as promulgated on 27 October 2004

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

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

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 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

Law No. 97-2 of 10 January 1997 on the Protection of the Red Cross Emblem and Name

Law no. 90-48 of 19 December 1990 to amend Ordinance no. 72/5 of 26 August 1972 relating to the jurisdiction of the military tribunal

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

Law no. 74-4 of 16 July 1974 amending Ordinance no. 72-5 of 26 August 1972 to establish Military Judicial Organization Law no. 74-4 of 16 July 1974 amending Ordinance no. 72-5 of 26 August 1972 to establish Military Judicial Organization

Law No. 98/007 of 14 April 1998 amending certain provisions of Ordinance No. 72/5 of 26 August 1972 on military judiciary

Code of Military Justice for the Army, 1928

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, 1952 [current to March 20, 2012] : an act relating to trade-marks and unfair competition

Criminal Code, 1987 (as of 2012)

Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act : an act respecting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and to implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and to make consequential amendments to other acts, 2000

Geneva Conventions Act, 1965 [current to March 20, 2012] : an act respecting the Geneva Conventions, 1949

An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act, 2007

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act : an act to provide for the implementation of treaties for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and to amend the Criminal Code, the Crown Liability Act and the Immigration Act, 1976

Extradition Act : an act respecting extradition, to amend the Canada Evidence Act, the Criminal Code, the Immigration Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act and to amend and repeal other acts in consequence

National Defence Act, 1985 [as at March 20, 2012] : an act respecting national defence

Prisoner-of-War Status Determination Regulations: regulations respecting the determination of the entitlement of persons detained by the Canadian forces to prisoner-of-war status, 1991

Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act : an act to implement the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 1997

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act : an act to implement the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, 1995

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Implementation Act, 2004

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, 2005

Civil code of Québec, 1991 [updated to 1 March 2012]

Attachments

Presumption of Death Act : an act to provide for the making of orders declaring that persons named in the orders are presumed to be dead, 2012

Presumption of Death Act, 2012

DNA Identification Act: an act respecting DNA and to make consequential amendments to the Criminal Code and other acts, 1998

Survivorship and Presumption of Death Act, British Columbia, 1996 [current to March 28, 2012]

Privacy Act, 1983 [as at March 20, 2012] : an act to extend the present laws of Canada that protect the privacy of individuals and that provide individuals with a right of access to personal information about themselves

An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, the National Defence Act and the Trade-marks Act, 1990

Constitution Act, 1867

Memorandum of understanding to establish a Canadian National Committee on Humanitarian Law, 1998

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (organized crime and law enforcement) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, 2001

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act : an act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in danger, 2001

Canadian Red Cross Society Act, 1909 (as of 2010)

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

Organic Law on the Armed Forces, 1992

Law on the general condition of the military, 1992

Military Discipline regulations, 1993

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

Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (as amended in 2010)

Central African Republic (the)

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Constitution of the Central African Republic, 2004

Decree on the establishment of the transitional national council, 2003

Code of Penal Procedure, 2010

Penal code, 2010

Law on National defense amnd National Army, 1999

Emblem Law, 2009

Law on the organization of Juvenile Courts, 2002

Constitution, 1990

Law on the treatment of national crisis, 1999

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

Law creating the National Commission of human rights, 1994.

[Link]

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. 5 [Obligatory force of penal law]

Penal Code, 1875 (extracts)

Art. 6 [Extra-territorial application]

Art. 10 [Excuses and justifications]]

Art. 11 [Mitigating circumstances]

Art. 12 [Aggravating circumstances]

Art. 93 [Death, amnesty, pardon, etc.]

Art. 94 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 97 [Statutory limitations]

Art. 108 [Taking arms against Chile]

Art. 113 [Violation of truce]

Art. 114 [Violation of neutrality]

Art. 116 [Violation of decree of expulsion, etc. ]

Art. 120 [Violation of diplomatic immunity]

Art. 121 [Taking arms against the government, etc.]

Art. 148 [Offences committed by public employees]

Art. 159 [Superior order]

Art. 160

Art. 288 [Production, sale or distribution of weapons]

Code (Código orgánico) on the organization of tribunals, 1943 (extracts)

Code of Military Justice, 1944 (extracts)

Art. 1 [Jurisdiction of military tribunals]

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

Titulo I Control de armas y elementos similares

Law on the control of weapons, 1977

Titulo II De la penalidad

Titulo III Jurisdicción, competencia y procedimiento

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)

Decreto Ley No. 640 que sistematiza disposiciones relativas a regímenes de emergencia, 1974

Penal Code (full version as at 2009)

Constitution (with amendments up to 2005)

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

Chinese Inter-ministerial Committee for International Humanitarian Law

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)

[Text ]

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

Art. attachement

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.

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

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’.

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

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”.

Wilson Ant. Garces y Otros, Tribunal Superior del Distrito Judicial de Antioquia, Sala Penal de Decision, Radicando 2009-0752-3, 6 May 2010

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

Wilson Ant. Garces y Otros, Tribunal Superior del Distrito Judicial de Antioquia, Sala Penal de Decision, Radicado 2009-0752-3, 6 May 2010

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

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

Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Amendment Act, 2011

Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2007

Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act, 2007

Nuclear-Test-Ban Act, 2007

Cluster Munitions Act, 2011

Cook Islands Red Cross Society Act 2002

Memorandum [1 March 2011] : establishment of an International Humanitarian Committee

Costa Rica

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Political Constitution of Costa Rica, 1949

Law No. 8031 on the use and the protection of the red cross and red crescent emblems, 2000

Law 4573 of 1970 instituting a Penal Code

Law No 8272 on penal repression as a sanction for war crimes, 2002

Law No. 7594, Code of Criminal Procedure of 1996

Law No. 8231 of 2 April 2002 on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines

Law on Weapons and Explosives No. 7530 of 1995

Law N° 7914 on state of emergency, 1999

Decree Nr 32077 on the creation of the Costa Rican Committee of International Humanitarian Law of 2004

National Case Law

Advisory Opinion on the constitutionality of the draft law of approbation of the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court, Supreme Court of Justice (Constitutional Chamber), 1 November 2000

Recurso de amparo interpuesto por Enrique Quesada Mora. Exp: 00-003509-0007-CO. Res: 2000-07484

Côte d'Ivoire

General Comment

Constitutional Structure - Implementing Institutions - Comment

Implementing Laws & Regulations

Law on the extradition of foreigners (10 March 1927)

[Attachment - pdf]

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1969 (extracts on extra-territorial jurisdiction)