Netherlands

270 Act of 19 June 2003 containing rules concerning serious violations of international humanitarian law (International Crimes Act)

ยง 2. Crimes
Section 5
1. Anyone who commits, in the case of an international armed conflict, one of the grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, namely the following acts if committed against persons protected by the said Conventions:
(h) the taking of hostages;
shall be liable to life imprisonment or a term of imprisonment not exceeding thirty years or a sixth category fine.

Keywords

Taking of hostages - IAC



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