Chapter II
Fundamental Rights, Freedoms and Duties
§ 18.
No one may be subjected to torture or to cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.
Part 2 SPECIAL PART
Chapter 17 OFFENCES RELATING TO OFFICE
Division 1 Abuse of Authority
§ 290.1. Torture
(1) Causing of great or consistent physical or mental pain by an official without legal grounds to a person with the intention of receiving statements from him or her or third persons, punishment, frightening, coercion or discrimination, as well as instigation by an official to such act or consent to such act is punishable by one to seven years’ imprisonment.
(2) The same act, if committed:
1) against two or more persons; or
2) against a person of less than eighteen years of age; or
3) by a group;
is punishable by two to ten years’ imprisonment.
(3) An act provided for in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, if committed by a legal person,
is punishable by a pecuniary punishment.
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:
(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;