Bosnia and Herzegovina

Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina

SPECIAL PART

XVII C H A P T E R S E V E N T E E N
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND VALUES PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW

Unlawful Killing or Wounding of the Enemy
Article 177

(1) Whoever in violation of the rules of international law in the time of war or armed conflict kills or wounds an enemy who has laid down arms or unconditionally surrendered or has no means for the defence,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.
(2) If the killing referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article has been perpetrated in a cruel or insidious way, out of greed or from other low motives, or if more persons have been killed, the perpetrator
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than ten years or long-term imprisonment.
(3) Whoever, in violation of the rules of international law at the time of war or armed conflict, orders that there be no surviving enemy soldiers in a fight, or whoever fights against the enemy on such basis,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than ten years or long-term imprisonment.

Keywords

War crimes
National penalties - war crimes
National penalties - maximum penalty



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