Pillaging - NIAC

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

DRC - Constitution 2006 (2011) EN

TITLE II OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND OF THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN AND OF THE STATE

Chapter 3 Of Collective Rights

Article 56

Any act, any agreement, any convention, any arrangement or any other act which has the consequence of depriving the nation [or] physical or moral persons of all or part of their means of existence drawn from their natural resources or their wealth, is established, without prejudice to the international provisions on economic crimes, as the crime of pillage punishable by the law.

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:

(v) Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault;