'Mutilation - IAC' 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 412. Intentional Violation of the Norms of International Humanitarian Law amid Armed Conflict amid Inter-State and Internal Conflict by Endangering Life or by Mutilation

Exposing a person enjoying protection of the government of the hostile side or the one otherwise deprived of freedom through any medical procedure which are not necessitated by such person’s health condition and which do not conform with internationally recognized medical norms irrespective of such person’s consent, namely

a) the action giving rise to mutilation

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:
(x) Subjecting persons who are in the power of an adverse party to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons