'Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected - IAC' in document 'Bulgaria - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE

SPECIAL PART

Chapter Fourteen - CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

Section II - Crimes Against the Laws and Customs of Waging War

Article 410

b) perpetrates, or orders to be perpetrated, major destruction or appropriations of sanitary materials or installations,
shall be punished by deprivation of liberty f or a term of from five up to twenty years, or by life imprisonment without substitution.

BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE

SPECIAL PART

Chapter Fourteen - CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

Section II - Crimes Against the Laws and Customs of Waging War

Article 414

(1) A person who, in violation of the rules of international law for waging war destroys, damages or makes unfit cultural or historical monuments and objects, works of art, buildings and equipment intended for cultural, scientific or other humanitarian purposes, shall be punished by deprivation of liberty for one to ten years.

(2) The same punishment shall also be imposed on a person who steals, unlawfully appropriates or conceals objects indicated in the preceding paragraph or imposes contribution or confiscation with respect to such objects.

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:
(ix) Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected, provided they are not military objectives