GENERAL PART

SECTION XV. CRIME AGAINST THE PEACE AND SAFETY OF MANKIND

CHAPTER 34 Crime Against the Peace and Safety of Mankind

Article 403. Intentional Violations of Norms of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Course of Armed Conflicts

(1) Intentional violation of norms of International Humanitarian Law committed in the course of international or internal armed conflicts, i.e. assaults on population or certain citizens, assaults on installations or erections containing dangerous forces, assaults on a person who has ceased to participate in hostilities, assaults on areas which are not defended and demilitarized zones, destruction and damage of historical monuments, works of arts, treacherous use of Red Cross and Red Crescent signs, and other signs and signals recognized in accordance with International Humanitarian Law, dislocation of the population by occupiers to the territory which has been occupied by them, deportation or dislocation the whole or a part of the population of the occupied territory within this territory or out of the territory, unjustified delay with repatriation of prisoners of war or civil persons, using practice of apartheid and other humiliating actions insulting a person’s dignity, based on racial discrimination and causing a person’s death or serious injury to his/her physical and mental state, or causing serious damage, is punishable by imprisonment for a period of 10 to 15 years.

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:
(vii) Making improper use of a flag of truce, of the flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy or of the United Nations, as well as of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions, resulting in death or serious personal injury