Burundi
Practice Relating to Rule 159. Amnesty
Burundi’s Penal Code (2009) states:
Article 161
Pardon means a total or partial reduction [granted by] the executive power of the penalties pronounced, or their commutation into other penalties [which are] less severe, pursuant to the law.
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Article 170
A pardon does not extinguish the penalties pronounced against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Article 171
Amnesty is the act by which the legislative power prohibits the exercise or the continuation of criminal prosecutions and erases convictions [which have already been] pronounced.
Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes shall not be object of an amnesty law.