Belgium

Act of 5 August 2003 on Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law

CHAPTER II AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE
Article 7
An article 136 ter shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 ter
Crimes against humanity, as defined below, whether committed in peacetime or wartime, constitute crimes under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title. In accordance with the Statute of the International Criminal Court, crimes against humanity shall mean any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, and with knowledge of the attack:
(1) murder;
(2) extermination;
(3) enslavement;
(4) deportation or forcible transfer of population;
(5) imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
(6) torture;
(7) rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
(8) persecution of any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in articles 136 bis, 136 ter and 136 quater;
(9) enforced disappearance of persons;
(10) the crime of apartheid;
(11) other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.”

Keywords

Crimes against humanity



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