Timor-Leste

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER IV
COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 137. Definitions

For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions are considered :

b) "Armed conflict of a non-international nature" is one which is fought within the territory of a State, is of a prolonged nature, where there is opposition between governmental authorities and organized armed groups, or a conflict fought among the latter, exception being made to situations of internal unrest or tension, such as sporadic or isolated acts of violence or others of a similar nature ;

Keywords

Internal disturbances and tensions (riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence or other acts of a similar nature) - protracted armed conflict



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