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TITLE XXIV
Offences against the International Community
CHAPTER II BIS
Crimes against humanity
Article 607 bis
2. Those convicted of crimes against humanity shall be sentenced:
6th. To twelve to fifteen years’ imprisonment for detaining any person and subsequently refusing to recognise such deprivation of physical liberty or give information on the fate or whereabouts of the detained person.
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:
(i) Enforced disappearance of persons
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(i) ‘Enforced disappearance of persons’ means the arrest, detention or
abduction of persons by, or with the authorization, support or
acquiescence of, a State or a political organization, followed by a refusal to
acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the
fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them
from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time.