'Mutilation - IAC' in document 'Ethiopia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II

SPECIAL PART

BOOK III

CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE OR AGAINST NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS

TITLE II

CRIMES IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

CHAPTER I

FUNDAMENTAL CRIMES

Article 275.- Dereliction of Duty Towards the Enemy

(a) kills or wounds an enemy who has surrendered or laid down his arms, or who for any other reason is incapable of defending, or has ceased to defend, himself; or
(b) mutilates a dead person; or
(c) lays hands on or does violence to a wounded, sick or dead enemy on the field of battle, with intent to rob or plunder him; or
(d) orders one of the above acts

PART II

SPECIAL PART

BOOK III

CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE OR AGAINST NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS

TITLE II

CRIMES IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

CHAPTER I

FUNDAMENTAL CRIMES

Article 279.- Maltreatment of, or Dereliction of Duty towards. Wounded, Sick or Prisoners.

Whoever, in violation of the rules of pubic international law, maltreats a sick or wounded person, or a prisoner of war or war internee, or uses violence against him, or prevents him from exercising or makes it impossible for him to exercise, the right guaranteed to him by such rules, or issues orders to the same effect, is punishable with rigorous imprisonment nor exceeding five 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:
(x) Subjecting persons who are in the power of an adverse party to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons