'Imprisonment - crimes against humanity' in document 'Finland - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 11 – War crimes and crimes against humanity

Section 3 - Crime against humanity

A person who, as part of a broad or systematic assault on civilian population,

(3) takes a person as a prisoner or otherwise deprives him or her of his or her liberty in violation of fundamental provisions of international law or causes the involuntary disappearance of a person who has been deprived of his or her liberty,

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 7
Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law