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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Book Two : Specific Provisions

Title Twelveter : War Crimes

Art. 264e

1 The penalty is a custodial sentence of not less than three years for any person who, in connection with an armed conflict :

c. subjects a person protected by international humanitarian law to especially humiliating and degrading treatment.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(xxi) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment