'Intentionally directing attacks against personnel involved in humanitarian assistance - IAC' in document 'Slovakia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWELVE
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PEACE, AGAINST HUMANITY, CRIMINAL OFFENCES OF TERRORISM, EXTREMISM AND WAR CRIMES

Title Two
War Crimes

Section 431
War Atrocities

(2) The same sentence as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be imposed on any person who, in the wartime, violates the rules of international law by

a) failing to take effective measures for the protection of persons who are in need of such help, in particular children, women and wounded or elderly persons, or who prevents such measures from being taken, or
b) impedes or blocks civil protection organisations of the enemy, of a neutral or other state in the fulfilment of their humanitarian tasks.

(3) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of ten to twenty-five years or to life imprisonment if, through the commission of the offence referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2, he causes grievous bodily harm or death or other particularly serious consequence.


PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWELVE
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PEACE, AGAINST HUMANITY, CRIMINAL OFFENCES OF TERRORISM, EXTREMISM AND WAR CRIMES

Title Two
War Crimes

Section 433
Lawlessness in the Wartime

(1) Any person who commits an act that is deemed to be a war crime under Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of twelve to twenty-five or to life imprisonment.

(2) The offender shall be liable to life imprisonment if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1,

a) and causes grievous bodily harm or death to several persons or other particularly serious consequence through its commission, or
b) in retaliation.

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:
(iii) Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians or civilian objects under the international law of armed conflict