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The Special Part
Title I
Crimes and delicts against persons
Chapter I
Crimes against humankind
Inhuman treatment
Art.173 – (1) Subjection of injured or diseased persons, of members of the civil health personnel or of the personnel of the Red Cross or of organisations equated to it, of castaways, prisoners of war and in general of any other person fallen into the enemy’s powers to inhuman treatment, or to medical or scientific experiments not justified by a medical treatment in their best interest, shall be punished by severe detention from 15 to 20 yearsand the prohibition of certain rights.
The Special Part
Title I
Crimes and delicts against persons
Chapter I
Crimes against humankind
Other crimes against humankind
Art.175 – (1) Commission, during a generalised or systematic attack launched against the civil population, of any of the following acts :
g) torture ;
Article 7
Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(f) Torture
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(e) ‘Torture’ means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering,
whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the
control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or
suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;