Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia passed by Croatian Parliament at its session on September 19, 1997, entered into force on January 1, 1998

“War of aggression”

Article 157(1)

(1) Whoever, regardless of whether a war has previously been declared or not, wages a war
of aggression by commanding an armed action of one state against the sovereignty,
territorial integrity or political independence of another state, so that such an action is
performed by invasion or by an armed attack on its territory, aircraft or ships, or by the
blockading of ports or shores or by the military occupation of the territory, or in some
other way which denotes the forcible establishment of rule over such a state, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not less than ten years or by long-term imprisonment.
(2) The same punishment as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be inflicted on
whoever, for the purpose of waging a war of aggression of one state against another,
commands or enables the sending of armed mercenary groups or other paramilitary armed
forces into a state, so that these forces achieve the aims of a war of aggression.
(3) The same punishment as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be inflicted on
whoever acts according to a command for action from armed forces or para-military
armed forces for the purpose of waging a war of aggression.
(4) Whoever calls or instigates a war of aggression shall be punished by imprisonment for
one to ten years

Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia passed by Croatian Parliament at its session on September 19, 1997, entered into force on January 1, 1998

Crime of Aggression

Article 89

(1) Whoever, being in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a state, uses the armed forces of one state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations executes an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a violation of the Charter of the United Nations shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of at least five years or to long-term imprisonment.
(2) Whoever takes part in the operations of the armed forces referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of between three to fifteen years.
(3) Whoever directly and publicly incites to the crime of aggression shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of between one and ten years.