'Pillaging - IAC' in document 'Tajikistan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION XV. CRIME AGAINST THE PEACE AND SAFETY OF MANKIND

CHAPTER 34 Crime Against the Peace and Safety of Mankind

Article 405. Other Violations of Norms of International Humanitarian Law

If there are no elements of crimes specified in Articles 403 and 404 of the present Code, pillage, that
is seizure or taking of clothes from wounded or dead men in a battle situation as well as taking of citizen’s property left in the zone of battle operations, using of the mentioned persons for covering troops or objectives from battle operations, using of means, materials and mass destruction weapons prohibited by international treaty, is punishable by imprisonment for a period of 10 to 20 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:
(xvi) Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault