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 :

m) Subjects persons who are in the power of an adverse party to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither motivated by any medical, dental or hospital treatment of the persons concerned, nor performed in their interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such persons; is punishable with 12 to 25 years imprisonment.

2. The limits of the sentence are increased by one-fifth whenever the acts referred to in the previous subarticle are committed against members of a humanitarian institution.

Keywords

National penalties - war crimes
National penalties - maximum penalty
National penalties - national proceedings



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