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

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

Chapter I
CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF HUMANITY, WAR CRIMES

Article 137. Inhumane Treatment

(2) The commission of one of the following acts against the persons specified in par. (1) :

a) forced entry into military service in the armed forces of the enemy ;
b) taking hostages ;
c) deportation ;
d) unlawful displacement or confinement ;
e) conviction by an illegal court without a preliminary hearing and without observing the fundamental legal guarantees provided by law,
shall be punished by imprisonment for 12 to 20 years.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(viii) Taking of hostages.