PRELIMINARY TITLE
PUBLIC PROSECUTION AND CIVIL ACTION
Article 2-3
Any association lawfully registered for at least five years on the date of offence proposing through its constitution to protect or assist children in danger or victims of any form of abuse may exercise the rights granted to the civil party in respect of torture and acts of barbarity, acts of violence and sexual aggressions committed against minors and the offence of endangering minors punished by articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 to 222-18-1, 222-23 to 222-33-1, 223-1 to
223-10, 223-13, 224-1 to 224-5, 225-7 to 225-9, 225-12-1 to 225-12-4, 227-1, 227-2, 227-15 to 227-27-1 of the Criminal
Code, where the public prosecution has been initiated by the public prosecutor or by the injured party.
1. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(f) Torture;
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(e) ‘Torture’ means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;