'Forced pregnancy - crimes against humanity' 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 7
An article 136 ter shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 ter
Crimes against humanity, as defined below, whether committed in peacetime or wartime, constitute crimes under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title. In accordance with the Statute of the International Criminal Court, crimes against humanity shall mean any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, and with knowledge of the attack:
(7) rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(g) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(f) ‘Forced pregnancy’ means the unlawful confinement of a woman forcibly
made pregnant, with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any
population or carrying out other grave violations of international law. This
definition shall not in any way be interpreted as affecting national laws
relating to pregnancy;