Azerbaijan

Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic

ESPECIAL PART

SECTION VII
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND SECURITY OF HUMANTY

CHAPTER 17
WAR CRIMES

Article 115. Infringement of laws and customs of war

115.1. Mitigation of captured and other persons protected by the international humanitarian right to serve in armed forces of the party which have taken them in a captivity, and also compulsion of enemy state citizens to participate in a military operations directed against the country
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from two up to five years.

115.2. Application to a persons provided in article 115.1 of the present Code, tortures, severe or brutal manipulation with them, implementation of medical, biological and other researches, including withdrawal of bodies for transplantation, and also their use as a barrier for protection of armies or objects, or maintenance as hostages, as well as attraction of civilians to forced hard labor or compulsory moving from places of a lawful settlement for other purposes
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from five up to ten years.

115.3. The acts provided by articles 115.1 and 115.2 of the present Code, entailed to death of persons or causing of heavy harm to their health
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from ten up to fifteen years.

115.4. Deliberate murder of persons provided in article 115.1 of the present Code
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from twelve up to fifteen years or life imprisonment.

Keywords

Violations of laws and customs - IAC



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