CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 12 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Division 3 — Crimes Against Humanity

Crime against humanity—imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty

86.— (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an indictable offence if—

(a) the perpetrator imprisons one or more persons or otherwise severely deprives one or more persons of physical liberty ; and
(b) the perpetrator’s conduct violates article 9, 14 or 15 of the Covenant ; and
(c) the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

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:
(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;