Crimes against humanity and complicity in the murder of Jews (Crimes contre l’humanité et complicité d’assassinat de juifs) – Klaus Barbie sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity and complicity in murder by cour d’assises – The Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation dismisses the appeal lodged by Klaus Barbie - The Court of Cassation affirms that the principle of imprescriptibility, resulting from the statute of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal annexed to the London Agreement of 8 August 1945 and the United Nations resolution of 13 February 1946, precludes a rule of domestic law from allowing a person convicted of a crime against humanity to evade prosecution because of the passage of time.

Art. 316, 349, 320 al. 2, 328, 344, 356, 358 Code de procédure pénale