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Practice Relating to Rule 151. Individual Responsibility
Section B. Individual civil liability
IV. National Legislation
Burundi’s Law on Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes (2003) states:
The persons referred to in Article 23 [i.e. the victims, their representatives, or any physical or moral person who have been injured or have a direct interest] may become a civil party partie civile in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedure code. 
Burundi, Law on Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes, 2003, Article 30.
Burundi’s Penal Code (2009), which includes a chapter on war crimes, states: “All criminal conviction is pronounced without prejudice to restitutions and payment of damages which might be owed to the parties”. 
Burundi, Penal Code, 2009, Article 93.