Domestic implementation of international criminal law
Jamaica
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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision.
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision.
Genocide
Genocide is included in Section 33 of the Offences Against the Person Act of Jamaica:
"33.–(1) Whosoever shall advocate or promote genocide is guilty of an indictable offence and shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten years, with or without hard labour.
(2) In this section "genocide" means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, any national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such–(a) killing members of the group;
(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."The Offences Against the Person Act of Jamaica. (An act to amend the Offences against the Person Law)
01 January 1894 (Last Amendment: 2010)War Crimes
The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959
UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
[In force according to para. 4 (1) of The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962
The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962
23 July 1962 (with reforms through 1999)
Jurisdiction
The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959
UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
[In force according to para. 4 (1) of The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Jamaica signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 08 September 2000. Jamaica is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962
Official Website of the Ministry of Justice of Jamaica. [ENG]. [Last accessed 15Nov17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Acts and Bills of Jamaica
(The "Publications" section provides access to legislation passed by the Houses of Parliament since 2009). Official Website of the Jamaica Houses of Parliament. [ENG]. [Last accessed 15Nov17]. [External Link]
Guide to Law Online: Jamaica. Law Library of Congress.
[ENG]. [Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Jamaica is a State party
(International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG]. [Last accessed 15Nov17]. [External Link]