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BOOK I
General provisions on felonies and misdemeanours, the persons responsible, the penalties, security measures and other consequences of criminal offences
TITLE XXIV
Crimes against the International Community
CHAPTER II BIS
On crimes against humanity
Article 607 bis
2. Those convicted of crimes against humanity shall be punished :
7. With a sentence of imprisonment from eight to twelve years if they were to arrest a person, depriving him of his liberty, with breach of the international rules on arrest.
The punishment shall be imposed at a lower degree when the arrest lasts less than fifteen days ;
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:
(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law