'Transferring population of an occupied territory - IAC' in document 'Lithuania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER XV
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES

Article 104. Violation of Norms of International Humanitarian Law Concerning Protection of Civilians and Their Property in Time of War

A person who, in time of war or during an armed international conflict or under the conditions of occupation or annexation and in violation of norms of international humanitarian law,
drives out the civilian population from their homes or resettles them or forces them to change their religion ; rapes women , involves them in sexual slavery or forces them to engage in prostitution ; forcibly sterilises or inseminates them ; utilises means of intimidation or terror ; takes hostages ; applies collective punishment ; confines in a concentration camp ; separates children from their parents or guardians ; threatens death by starvation ; imposes criminal penalties without a judgement of an independent and impartial court or without guarantees of defence in court ; confiscates their property or conducts mass expropriation thereof for purposes other than military necessity; imposes unjustifiably large contributions and requisitions

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:
(viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory