'Inhuman treatment - IAC' in document 'Hungary - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XI
Crimes Against Humanity

Title II
War Crimes

Violence Against the Civilian Population

Section 158

(1) The person who applies violence in an operational or occupied area against a civilian person or prisoner of war, displays inhuman treatment or otherwise gravely abuses his power, - unless a graver crime is realized - commits a felony and shall be punishable with imprisonment from five years to ten 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:
(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments