Finland

The Penal Code of Finland

Chapter 11 – War crimes and crimes against humanity

Section 13 – Failure to report the offence of a subordinate

(1) A military or other superior who neglects to undertake the necessary measures that can be reasonably expected of him or her in order to submit to the authorities for investigation an offence referred to in section 1 or sections 3-7 or the present section suspected to have been committed by a person factually under his or her command and supervision, shall be sentenced for failure to report the offence of subordinate to a fine or to imprisonment for at most two years.

(2) However, a superior who is a participant in the offence committed by his or her subordinate or under the conditions referred to in section 12 is an offender or participant in the offence committed by his or her subordinate shall not be sentenced for failure to report the offence of the subordinate.

Keywords

National penalties - maximum penalty
Command responsibility - national proceedings
Superior responsibility - national proceedings
Superior / subordinate relationship (military) - national proceedings
National penalties - national proceedings



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