'Unlawful transfer - IAC' in document 'Serbia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMAITY AND OTHER RIGHT GUARANTEED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW

War Crimes against Civilian Population
Article 372

(1) Whoever in violation of international law at time of war armed conflict or occupation orders an attack on civilian population, settlement, particular civilians, persons incapacitated for combat or members or facilities of humanitarian organisations or peace mission ; wanton attack without target selection harming civilian population or civilian buildings under special protection of international law ; attack against military targets knowing that such attack would cause collateral damage among civilians or damage to civilian buildings that is obviously disproportionate with the military effect ; ordering against civilian population inflicting of bodily injury, torture, inhumane treatment, biological, medical or other research experiments, or taking of tissue or organs for transplantation or performing other acts causing harm to health or inflicting great suffering or who orders deportation or relocation or forced change of nationality or religion ; forcing to prostitution or rape; applying intimidation and terror measures, taking of hostages, collective punishment, unlawful depriving of freedom and detention ; depriving of the rights to a fair and impartial trial ; proclaiming the rights and acts of enemy nationals prohibited, suspended or non-allowed in court proceedings ; compelling into service of a hostile power or its intelligence or administration services; compelling to military service persons under seventeen years of age ; forced labour ; starving of population; unlawful seizure, appropriation or destruction of property not justified by military necessity ; taking unlawful and disproportionate contributions and requisitions; devaluing of local currency or unlawful issuing of currency, or whoever commits any of the above offences,
shall be punished by imprisonment of minimum five 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:
(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement