Killing or wounding treacherously a combatant adversary - NIAC

Belgium

Belgium - Act on Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law 2003 EN

CHAPTER II AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE
Article 8
An article 136 quater shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 quater
1. The war crimes enumerated below, as referred to in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and in their First and Second Additional Protocols, adopted at Geneva on 8 June 1977, in the laws and customs applicable to armed conflict, as defined in article 2 of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, in article 1 of the First and Second Additional Protocols to these Conventions, adopted in Geneva on 8 June 1977, and in article 8, paragraph 2(f) of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, constitute crimes under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title, without prejudice to the provisions of criminal law applicable to offences of negligence, if by the action or omission such crimes infringe the protection guaranteed to persons and property under the said Conventions, Protocols, laws and customs:
(27) killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army, or a combatant adversary

Rome Statute

Article 8 War crimes

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

(e) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:

(ix) Killing or wounding treacherously a combatant adversary;