'Mutilation - other serious violations of laws and customs of war - NIAC' in document 'Portugal: Adaptation of Criminal Legislation '

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter II
Crimes

Section II
War crimes

Article 10
War crimes against persons

1. Anyone who, in the context of an international armed conflict or a non-international armed conflict, commits any of the following acts against a person protected by international humanitarian law:

(c) Subjecting persons who are in the power of an adverse party to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons;

shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 10 to 25 years.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(e) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of
an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of
the following acts:
(xi) Subjecting persons who are in the power of another party to the conflict to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons