Humiliating and degrading treatment - IAC

South Africa

Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Act No. 27 of 2002)

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;