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Solomon Islands
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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision
Genocide
Genocide is defined in Article 52, Part VII ("Offences against Public Order") of the Solomon Islands Penal Code. See:
Penal Code: An act to establish a code of criminal law. Chapter 26. 01 April 1963. (With amendments up to 1990). [ENG] War Crimes
The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959. UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
[In force according to Section 5 of the Solomon Islands Independence Order 1978 (the Constitution of the Solomon Islands), which provides that "the existing laws shall have effect on and after the appointed day as if they had been made in pursuance of the Constitution and shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the Solomon Islands Act 1978(c) and this Order." In turn, Section 3, which provides for the revocations of several Orders, does not include the 1959 Order in Council]
Related documents:
Solomon Islands Red Cross Society Act 1983. Act No. 4 of 1983. 09 June 1983. [ENG]
Jurisdiction Article 6 of the Penal Code of the Solomon Islands provides the following regarding territorial application of this Code:
"Offences committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction.
See:
6. When an act which, if wholly done within the jurisdiction of the court, would be an offence against this Code, is done partly within and partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction, every person who within the jurisdiction does or makes any part of such act may be tried and punished under this Code in the same manner as if such act had been done wholly within the jurisdiction."
Penal Code: An act to establish a code of criminal law. Chapter 26. 01 April 1963. (With amendments up to 1990). [ENG]
See also s. 2 of: The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959. UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2008. Act No. 5 of 2008. 28 August 2008. [ENG]
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The Solomon Islands signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 03 December 1998. The Solomon Islands are not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Constitution of Solomon Islands. Statutory Instruments 1978 No. 783. (The Solomon Islands Independence Order 1978)
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
Solomon Islands: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report
Pacific Institute of Public Policy. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Constitution (Subsidiary Legislation) 1978. 22 October 1982
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
The Penal Code. (Chapter 26). 01 April 1963. (With amendments up to 1990)
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
Interpretation and General Provisions. (Chapter 85). 29 September 1978. (Revised Edition 1996)
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
Criminal Procedure Act. (Chapter 7). 01 June 1962. (Revised Edition 1996)
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
Solomon Islands Consolidated Legislation.
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
Acts of Parliament. (Legislation enacted by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands (by year))
National Parliament of Solomon Islands. [ENG]. [Last accessed 21Jul17]. [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Solomon Islands is a State party. [ENG]
International Committee of the Red Cross. [ENG] [Last accessed 20Jul17] [External Link]