Chapter 11 (212/2008)
War crimes and crimes against humanity
Section 5 (212/2008)
War crime
A person who commits another act that constitutes a war crime under article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Finnish Treaty Series 56/2002) or in another manner violates the provisions of an international treaty on war, armed conflict or occupation that is binding on Finland or the generally recognised and established laws and customs of war in accordance with international law shall also be sentenced for a war crime.
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;