Spain

Provisions of the Spanish Criminal Code Concerning International Crimes. Integrated Text Containing the Amendments Introduced by the Ley Organica 15/2003 Implementing the Statute of the International Criminal Court

TITLE XXIV
Offences against the International Community

CHAPTER II BIS
Crimes against humanity

Article 607 bis
2. Those convicted of crimes against humanity shall be sentenced:
8th. To four to eight years’ imprisonment for grave torture of persons that were in their custody or control, and to two to six years’ imprisonment for less serious cases.
For the purposes of this Article, torture shall mean subjecting people to physical or mental suffering.
Any sentence imposed for torture shall be in addition to any sentence imposed, where appropriate, for violation of the victim’s other rights.

Keywords

Torture - crimes against humanity



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