Transferring own civilians into occupied territory - IAC

Kosovo

Kosovo - Criminal Code 2019 EN

Article 145
War crimes in serious violation of laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict
2. A serious violation of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, means one or more of the following acts:
2.8. the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the occupying power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory;

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:

(viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory;