'Assisting' 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 10
An article 136 sexies shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 sexies
Whosoever manufactures, possesses or transports an instrument or device or any other object, erects a structure or alters an existing structure, in the knowledge that the instrument, device, object, structure or alteration is intended for the commission or to assist the commission of one of the offences referred to in articles 136 bis, 136 ter or 136 quater, shall be liable to the same penalty as that laid down for the offence whose commission they have enabled or facilitated.”

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission