'Forced pregnancy - IAC' in document 'Azerbaijan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

ESPECIAL PART

SECTION VII
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND SECURITY OF HUMANTY

CHAPTER 17
WAR CRIMES

Article 116. Infringement of norms of the international humanitarian right during confrontations

116.0. Infringement of norms of the international humanitarian right during confrontations, shall be :

116.0.17. commitment of other actions connected to rape, sexual slavery, compulsory prostitution, compulsory sterilization, compulsory pregnancy, and also sexual violence ;

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:
(xxii) Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence also constituting a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions

Article 7
Crimes against humanity
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(f) ‘Forced pregnancy’ means the unlawful confinement of a woman forcibly
made pregnant, with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any
population or carrying out other grave violations of international law. This
definition shall not in any way be interpreted as affecting national laws
relating to pregnancy;