Book Two : Specific Provisions

Title Twelvebis : Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

Art. 264a

1 The penalty is a custodial sentence of not less than five years for any person who, as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population :

d. severely deprives a person of his or her liberty in violation of the fundamental rules of international law ;

e. and with the intention of removing a person from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time :
1. on behalf of or with the acquiescence of a State or political organisation, deprives that person of his or her liberty, and thereafter refuses to give information on his or her fate or whereabouts, or
2. on behalf of or with the acquiescence of a State or political organisation or in violation of a legal duty refuses to give information on the fate or whereabouts of the person concerned ;

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;