Overview
- The Constitution Committee, which voted 16–4–3 on Tuesday, advanced a bill that defines crimes against humanity and sent it to the full Congress for debate.
- The draft limits the crime to severe acts carried out as part of a widespread or systematic attack on civilians, listing homicide, human trafficking, kidnapping, rape, enforced disappearance and torture.
- Most reports say penalties range from at least 30 years in prison to life, though one outlet reported 15 to 30 years, a discrepancy that needs clarification from the final text.
- The bill orders immediate use in cases now underway and in convictions under review, a change that could alter current human-rights prosecutions and appeals.
- Rights groups and public agencies warn the text departs from the Rome Statute and narrows liability, while sponsors cite a Constitutional Court prompt and say it corrects what they call past misuse against soldiers and police, building on a 2024 law that ties such crimes to post‑2002 acts.