'Sexual slavery - IAC' in document 'Belgium: Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law '

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER II AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE
Article 8
An article 136 quater shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 quater
1. The war crimes enumerated below, as referred to in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and in their First and Second Additional Protocols, adopted at Geneva on 8 June 1977, in the laws and customs applicable to armed conflict, as defined in article 2 of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, in article 1 of the First and Second Additional Protocols to these Conventions, adopted in Geneva on 8 June 1977, and in article 8, paragraph 2(f) of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, constitute crimes under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title, without prejudice to the provisions of criminal law applicable to offences of negligence, if by the action or omission such crimes infringe the protection guaranteed to persons and property under the said Conventions, Protocols, laws and customs:
(4) committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence constituting a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions or a grave breach of article 3 common to these Conventions

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:
(xxii) Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence also constituting a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions