'Torture - IAC' in document 'Moldova - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

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

Article 137. Inhumane Treatment

(1) Subjecting persons by any methods to torture or inhumane treatment to deliberately cause severe pain or serious bodily injury or to damage the health of wounded or sick persons, prisoners, civilians, members of civil medical staff or members of the Red Cross and similar organizations, shipwrecked persons, as well as any other person fallen to an enemy or their subjection to medical, biological, or scientific experiments not justified by medical treatment to their benefit shall be punished by imprisonment for 8 to 15 years.

SPECIAL PART

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

Article 137. Inhumane Treatment

(3) The torture, mutilation, extermination, or execution without legal trial of the persons specified in par. (1) shall be punished by imprisonment for 16 to 20 years or by life imprisonment.

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:
(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments