Timor-Leste

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER II
WAR CRIMES

Article 127. War crimes committed using prohibited means of warfare

1. Any person who, within the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature, employs weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or to cause indiscriminate effects, in violation of international law applied to armed conflict, is punishable with 12 to 25 years imprisonment : ...

Keywords

Employing weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which are inherently indiscriminate - IAC
Employing weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering - IAC
National penalties - war crimes
National penalties - maximum penalty
National penalties - national proceedings



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