'Torture - crimes against humanity' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PRIVATE PART

SECTION FOURTEEN CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

CHAPTER XLVII. CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, PEACE, SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

Article 408. Humanity Crime
Humanity crime, i.e. any action perpetrated within the frames of large-scale or systematic attack on civilians or persons and expressed in murders, mass killing, deportation of humans or any other inhumane action that inflicts serious damage to the physical or mental condition of a human being - shall be punishable by imprisonment extending from ten to twenty years in length or by life imprisonment.

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:
(f) Torture

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(e) ‘Torture’ means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering,
whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the
control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or
suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;