Paraguay
Practice Relating to Rule 158. Prosecution of War Crimes
Paraguay’s Military Penal Code (1980), under the heading “Provisions with regard to times of war”, provides for the punishment of a list of offences.
Paraguay’s Penal Code (1997) provides for the punishment of offences such as “torture” (Article 309), “genocide” (Article 319) and a list of “war crimes” (Article 320), stating in the case of “war crimes” that they be committed “in violation of international laws of war, armed conflict or military occupation”.