Belgium

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

CHAPTER II AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE
Article 8
An article 136 quater shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 quater
1. The war crimes enumerated below, as referred to in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and in their First and Second Additional Protocols, adopted at Geneva on 8 June 1977, in the laws and customs applicable to armed conflict, as defined in article 2 of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, in article 1 of the First and Second Additional Protocols to these Conventions, adopted in Geneva on 8 June 1977, and in article 8, paragraph 2(f) of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, constitute crimes under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title, without prejudice to the provisions of criminal law applicable to offences of negligence, if by the action or omission such crimes infringe the protection guaranteed to persons and property under the said Conventions, Protocols, laws and customs:
(7) conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen years into armed forces or groups or making them participate actively in hostilities

Keywords

Conscripting children under 15 into armed forces or groups - NIAC
Conscripting children under 15 into the national armed forces - IAC
Enlisting children under 15 into armed forces or groups - NIAC
Enlisting children under 15 into the national armed forces - IAC
Using children under 15 to participate actively in hostilities - IAC
Using children under 15 to participate actively in hostilities - NIAC



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