Règle correspondante
Central African Republic
Practice Relating to Rule 151. Individual Responsibility
The Central African Republic’s Instructor’s Manual (1999) states in Volume 2 (Instruction for group and patrol leaders): “Soldiers must know that respecting these rules [of the law of war] is part of military discipline and that any violations will result in disciplinary or penal sanctions.”
Central African Republic, Le Droit de la Guerre, Fascicule No. 2: Formation pour l’obtention du certificat technique No. 2 (Chef de Groupe), du certificat Inter-Armé (CIA), du certificat d’aptitude de Chef de Patrouille (CACP), Ministère de la Défense, Forces Armées Centrafricaines, 1999, Chapter I, Fundamental Rules, § 4.
In Volume 2, the manual further states: “All violations of the law of war are punishable.”
Central African Republic, Le Droit de la Guerre, Fascicule No. 2: Formation pour l’obtention du certificat technique No. 2 (Chef de Groupe), du certificat Inter-Armé (CIA), du certificat d’aptitude de Chef de Patrouille (CACP), Ministère de la Défense, Forces Armées Centrafricaines, 1999, Chapter V, Section II, § 12.
The Central African Republic’s Penal Code (2010) states:
Art.158: The crime of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are punished with the death penalty.
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Art.160: Legal persons can be declared criminally responsible for the crime of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity [and] crimes of terrorism under the conditions stipulated in article 10 of this code.
Central African Republic, Penal Code, 2010, Articles 158 and 160.
Article 10 of the Code states:
Legal persons, excluding the State, are criminally responsible, as foreseen by laws or regulations, for offences committed in their name by their organs or representatives.
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The criminal responsibility of legal persons does not exclude that of natural persons, authors or accomplices to the same acts.
Central African Republic, Penal Code, 2010, Article 10.
