Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME II - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
TITLE IV - CRIMES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Article 272
(Crimes against persons subject to protection in a situation of armed conflict)
A penalty of 10 to 20 years' imprisonment shall be imposed as punishment upon anyone who, in violation of the provisions of international law, in a situation of armed conflict, carries out against any person subject to protection
(b) torture or any other cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments ,
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;