'Transferring own civilians into occupied territory - IAC' in document 'Croatia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER THIRTEEN (xiii) - CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST VALUES PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW

Article 158

Whoever, as an occupying power, violates the rules of international law, in time of war, armed conflict or occupation, orders or carries out the resettlement of parts of the civilian population of the occupying power to an occupied territory shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five years.

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:
(viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory