'National penalties - war crimes' in document 'Norway: Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Section 103. War crimes against persons

The penalty for a war crime against a person is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years, but for a term not exceeding 30 years in such cases as are mentioned in the first paragraph (a) to (e) or otherwise if the crime is serious. In deciding whether the crime is serious, importance shall be attached to its potential for causing harm and its harmful effects, and to whether it was committed as part of a plan or policy for or or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.

Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Section 104. War crimes against property and civil rights

A war crime against property or civil rights is punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, but for a term not exceeding 30 years when the offence is serious, cf. section 103, fourth paragraph, second sentence.

Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Section 105. War crimes against humanitarian missions or distinctive emblems

The penalty for a war crime against humanitarian missions or distinctive emblems is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, but for a term not exceeding 30 years in the cases mentioned in (c) and otherwise when the crime is serious, cf. section 103, fourth paragraph, second sentence.

Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Section 106. War crimes consisting in the use of prohibited methods of warfare

The penalty for a war crime consisting in the use of prohibited methods of warfare is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years, but for a term not exceeding 30 years when the crime includes the wilful murder of a civilian and any other protected person or otherwise if the crime is serious, cf. section 103, fourth paragraph, second sentence.

Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Section 107. War crimes consisting in the use of prohibited means of warfare

The penalty for a war crime consisting in the use of prohibited means of warfare is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years, but for a term not exceeding 30 years when the crime includes the wilful murder of a civilian or any other protected person or otherwise if the crime is serious, cf. section 103, fourth paragraph, second sentence.