'Declaring abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of the nationals of a hostile party - IAC' in document 'Netherlands: International Crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

§ 2. Crimes
Section 5
5. Anyone who, in the case of an international armed conflict, commits one of the following acts:
(e) declaring abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of the nationals of the hostile party;
shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years or a fifth category fine.

§ 2. Crimes
Section 5
2. Anyone who commits, in the case of an international armed conflict, one of the grave breaches of the Additional Protocol (I), concluded in Bern on 12 December 1977, to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Netherlands Treaty Series 1980, 87), namely:
(d) the following acts if committed intentionally and in violation of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol (I):
(v) depriving a person protected by the Geneva Conventions or Article 85, paragraph 2, of Additional Protocol (I) of the right to a fair and regular trial
shall be liable to life imprisonment or a term of imprisonment not exceeding thirty years or a sixth category fine.

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

ANALYSIS

This provision follows the ICC Statute.