Article 164. Violation of Laws or customs of war
1. Coercion of persons, laid down arms or not having means of protection, wounded, afflicted persons, shipwrecked, medical workers, sanitary and religious personnel, war prisoners, civil population in the occupied territory or in the area of military operations, other persons, using international protection during military actions, to the service in the armed forces of enemy, or to resettlement or deprivation of their right to independent and unbiased court, or restriction of a right of these persons to protection in a criminal proceedings –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term of three to seven years.
2. Murder of persons, listed in the first part of this Article, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of fifteen to twenty years or life imprisonment with or without deprivation of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(v) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power;