'Declaring abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of the nationals of a hostile party - IAC' in document 'Estonia - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 2
SPECIAL PART

Chapter 8
OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Division 4
War Crimes

§ 97. Attacks against civilians

A person who kills, tortures, causes health damage to, rapes, compels to serve in the armed forces or participate in military operations of a hostile state, takes hostage, illegally deprives of liberty or deprives of the right to fair trial a civilian in a war zone or in an occupied territory, or displaces residents of an occupying state in an occupied territory, or displaces residents of an occupied territory, shall be punished by 6 to 20 years’ imprisonment.

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:
(xiv) Declaring abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and
actions of the nationals of the hostile party