'Enforced sterilisation - IAC' in document 'Greece- Adaptation of internal law to ICC Statute'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART A
PROVISIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW

2. SPECIAL PART

Art. 9
War crimes against persons

1. Anyone who, in connection with an international or non international armed conflict:
d) Commits rape (art. 336 Cr. C.) or enforced prostitution (art. 349 Cr. C.) or enforced sterilization against a person protected according to the provisions of international humanitarian law, or unlawfully confines a woman made pregnant forcibly or with the use of threat of force, with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any population,

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(xxii) Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence also constituting a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions