'Medical experiments - NIAC' in document 'USA - Crimes and Criminal Procedures War crimes'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 118—WAR CRIMES

§ 2441. War crimes

(d) (1) (C) PERFORMING BIOLOGICAL EXPERI-MENTS.—The act of a person who subjects, or conspires or attempts to subject, one or more persons within his custody or physical control to biological experiments without a legitimate medical or dental purpose and in so doing endangers the body or health of such person or persons.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(e) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of
an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of
the following acts:
(xi) Subjecting persons who are in the power of another party to the conflict to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons