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Domestic Legislation | Resources and Links





Domestic legislation for serious crimes under international law

Crimes

Crime of Aggression

No provision

Crimes Against Humanity

No provision

Genocide

No provision

War Crimes

  • The Biological Weapons Act 1991. (Act No. 3 of 1991)

  • The Saint Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society Act, 1985. (Act No. 6 of 1985)

  • The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959. UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
    [In force according to Schedule 2 (Transitional Provisions), s. 2 of the Saint Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983, 22nd June 1983]


    International Criminal Court

    Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Saint Kitts & Nevis acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 22 August 2006.

  • Resources and Links

  • The Constitution of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
    Organization of American States. [ENG]. [Last accessed 31May17]. [External Link to pdf document]

  • The Constitution of Saint Christopher and Nevis. (The Saint Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983)
    Political Database of the Americas, Georgetown University. [ENG]. [Last accessed 31May17]. [External Link]

  • St.Kitts & Nevis - Legislation.
    Criminal Justice Advisor project (United States Embassy and the British High Commission to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean). [ENG]. [Last accessed 31May17]. [External Link]

  • Offences Against the Person Act, Chapter 4.21.
    Criminal Justice Advisor project (United States Embassy and the British High Commission to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean). [ENG]. [Last accessed 31May17]. [External Link]

  • List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Saint Kitts and Nevis are a State party. [ENG]
    (International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG] [Last accessed 31May17] [External Link]