Humiliating and degrading treatment - IAC

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Rome Statute

Article 8 War crimes

2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:

(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:

(xxi) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;