Article 17
1. Human dignity shall be inviolable.
2. No one should be subjected to torture, violence, abusive or other treatment and punishment degrading human dignity .
Article 18
1. Everyone shall have the right to inviolability of private life, personal or family secrets, protection of honour and dignity.
2. Everyone shall have the right to confidentiality of individual deposits and savings, correspondence, telephone conversations, postal, telegraph, and other messages. The Limitation of this right shall be permitted only in cases and according to the procedure directly established by law.
3. State bodies, public associations, officials, and the mass media must provide every citizen with the possibility to become familiar with the documents, decisions and other sources of information concerning his rights and interests.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.5 dated on August 20, 2009.
2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:
(c) In the case of an armed conflict not of an international character, serious violations of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts committed against persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention or any other cause:
(ii) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;