Timor-Leste

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER II
WAR CRIMES

Article 125. War crimes against individuals

1. Any person who, within the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature, commits against a person protected by international humanitarian law :

e) Compels a person to serve in a hostile army or conscripts or enlists children under the age of 18 into the armed, military or paramilitary forces of a State, or into armed groups other than the armed, military or paramilitary forces of a State, or uses them to participate in hostilities ;

Keywords

Compelling a prisoner of war to serve in the forces of a hostile power - IAC
Compelling nationals of hostile party to take part in operations of war against their own country - IAC
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
Compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power - IAC
Other serious violations of the laws and customs - NIAC



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