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Gabonese Republic
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Crimes Crime of Aggression
No provision.
Crimes Against Humanity
No provision.
Genocide
No provision.
War Crimes
No provision.
(Among other International Humanitarian Law treaties, Gabon is a State party to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their additional Protocols of 1977 and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000).
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Gabon signed the Rome Statute on 22 December 1998 and deposited its instrument of ratification on 20 September 2000
Loi n° 047/2010 du 12 janvier 2011 portant révision de la Constitution Gabonaise.
(WIPO Lex). [FRA] [Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link to pdf document]
Constitution de la République gabonaise (Révisée par la Loi n° 13/2003 du 19 août 2003).
(Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). [FRA] [Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link to pdf document]
Constitution of the Gabonese Republic.
Adopted on 26 March 1991, Amended on 22 April 1997. (Constitution Finder, University of Richmond School of Law). [ENG] [Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link to pdf document]Portail Officiel du Gouvernement Gabonais. [FRA]
[Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link]
Preliminary examination: Gabon (This concerns alleged crimes committed in Gabon within the ICC's jurisdiction since May 2016). [ENG]
International Criminal Court. [Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Gabon is a State party. [ENG]
(International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG] [Last accessed 15Nov17] [External Link]