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Crimes Crime of Aggression
[Criminal Code, Chapter 124 of the Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Revised Edition 1990. Full text not found. Please contact intlaw@derechos.org with any information concerning the document or a possible source.].
Crimes Against Humanity
[Criminal Code, Chapter 124 of the Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Revised Edition 1990. Full text not found. Please contact intlaw@derechos.org with any information concerning the document or a possible source.].
Related documents:
The 10-Point Reparation Plan of the Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC). The Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC), Greater Georgetown, Guyana.
[In 2013 Caribbean Heads of Governments established the Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC) with a mandate to prepare the case for reparatory justice for the region's indigenous and African descendant communities who are the victims of Crimes against Humanity (CAH) in the forms of genocide, slavery, slave trading, and racial apartheid.
This document prepared by the CRC, proposes the delivery of this mandate within the formulation of the Caricom Reparations Justice Program (CRJP). The CRC asserts that victims and descendants of these CAH have a legal right to reparatory justice, and that those who committed these crimes, and who have been enriched by the proceeds of these crimes, have a reparatory case to answer.
The ten-point plan proposed by the CRC was nanimously approved at a meeting of CARICOM Nations on 11 March 2014 and is being used as the basis for discussions on reparations.]Genocide
Genocide is defined in Section 158 of the Criminal Code of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
[Criminal Code, Chapter 124 of the Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Revised Edition 1990. Full text not found. Please contact intlaw@derechos.org with any information concerning the document or a possible source.]
Several Sections of the Criminal Procedure Code of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines refer to "genocide" in order to specifically exclude this crime from certain proceedings [See Sections: 43 (Bail in certain cases), 73 (Security may be taken), 147 (Procedure if offence is admitted by accused) and 171 (Procedure where accused admits guilt at preliminary inquiry)]. [Full text of the Criminal Procedure Code (Act No. 44 of 1988, as amended up to Act No. 13 of 2007) available under the "Resources and Links" section below.]War Crimes
Geneva Conventions (Supplementary Provisions) Act. 02 August 1983.
Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Chapter 138, Revised Edition 1990.
The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959. UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
Related documents:
The Anti-Personnel Mines Prohibition Act, 2002. Act No. 45 of 2002, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross Society Incorporation Act 1984. Act No. 13 of 1984, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Jurisdiction
See s. 2 of: The Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order in Council, 1959. UK Statutory Instruments, 1959, No. 1301, London.
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 03 December 2002.
Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1979. (Statutory Instruments 1979, No. 916)
Eastern Caribbean Law. [ENG]. [Last accessed 11Jul17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Criminal Procedure Code. (Act No. 44 of 1988, as amended up to Act No. 13 of 2007).
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [ENG]. [Last accessed 11Jul17]. [External Link]
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act, 1993. Act No. 46, 1993.
OAS. [ENG]. [Last accessed 11Jul17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Organization of American States. [ENG]. [Last accessed 11Jul17]. [External Link]
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Decisions.
The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII). [ENG]. [Last accessed 25Jan18]. [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a State party. [ENG]
(International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG] [Last accessed 11Jul17] [External Link]