Timor-Leste

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER II
WAR CRIMES

Article 126. War crimes committed using prohibited methods of warfare

Any person who, within the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature :

j) Commits perfidy, construed as the act of killing, wounding or capturing an adversary by appealing to good faith, with the intention to deceive, leading the same to believe that he or she is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection under the rules of humanitarian international law; is punishable with 15 to 30 years imprisonment.

Keywords

Killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army - IAC
National penalties - war crimes
National penalties - maximum penalty
National penalties - national proceedings



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