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.
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;