Romania

The Criminal Code

The Special Part

Title I
Crimes and delicts against persons

Chapter I
Crimes against humankind

Inhuman treatment

Art.173 – (1) Subjection of injured or diseased persons, of members of the civil health personnel or of the personnel of the Red Cross or of organisations equated to it, of castaways, prisoners of war and in general of any other person fallen into the enemy’s powers to inhuman treatment, or to medical or scientific experiments not justified by a medical treatment in their best interest, shall be punished by severe detention from 15 to 20 yearsand the prohibition of certain rights.

(2) The same penalty shall also sanction the commission with regard to the persons in para.
(1) of one of the following acts :

• a) coercion to serve in the enemy’s armed forces ;
b) taking hostages ;
c) deportation ;
d) dislocation or deprivation of freedom with no legal grounds ;
e) conviction or execution without prior judgment by a court founded legally and that judged the case in observance of the fundamental judicial safeguards provided in the law.

(3) Torture, mutilation or extermination of persons in para.(1) shall be punished by life detention or by severe detention from 15 to 25 years and the prohibition of certain rights.

Keywords

Crimes against humanity
War crimes
Violations of laws and customs - IAC
Other serious violations of the laws and customs - NIAC



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