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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision.
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision.
Genocide
Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Saint Lucia punishes the advocacy and promotion of genocide in the following terms:
"Advocating Genocide
358.- Every one who advocates or promotes genocide commits an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for fifteen years.
(2) In this section, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part any identifiable group, namely —(a) killing members of the group; or
(3) No proceeding for an offence under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General.
(b) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calcuated to bring about its physical destruction.
(4) In this section, “identifiable group” means any section of the public distinguished by colour, race, religion or ethnic origin".War Crimes
Related documents:
The Saint Lucia Red Cross Society Act, 1983.
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Saint Lucia signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 27 August 1999 and deposited its instrument of ratification on 18 August 2010.
The Constitution of Saint Lucia. (Chapter 3.01)
National Printing Corporation, St. Lucia. [ENG]. [Last accessed 10Jul17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Criminal Code of St. Lucia. (Act 9 of 2004. In force 1 January 2005 (S.I.88/2004). Revised Edition by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act, showing the law as at 31 December 2005)
World Intellectual Property Organization. [ENG]. [Last accessed 10Jul17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Acts of St. Lucia. (As of 1995)
National Printing Corporation, St. Lucia. [ENG]. [Last accessed 10Jul17]. [External Link]
Saint Lucia Government Gazette - Gazette Archives. (As of 2002)
National Printing Corporation, St. Lucia. [ENG]. [Last accessed 10Jul17]. [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which St. Lucia is a State party. [ENG]
(International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG] [Last accessed 10Jul17] [External Link]