Article 1 Code of Crimes against International Law (CCAIL)
Part 2 Crimes against International Law
Chapter 2 War crimes
Section 8 War crimes against persons
(3) Whoever in connection with an international armed conflict
1. unlawfully holds as a prisoner or unjustifiably delays the return home of a protected person within the meaning of subsection (6), number 1,
shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than two years.
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:
(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;