Severe deprivation of physical liberty - crimes against humanity

Hungary

Hungary - Criminal Code 1978 (2012) EN

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XIII
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Crimes Against Humanity

Section 143
(1) Any persons who - being part of a widespread or systematic practice:
a) commits murder;
b) forces the civilian population, in part or in whole, to live under conditions threatening the
demise of that population or certain members thereof;
c) orders the displacement of the civilian population, in part or in whole, from their rightful
place of residence;
d) engages in the trafficking in human beings or in exploitation in the form of forced labor;
e) deprives another person of his personal freedom, or unlawfully maintains his abduction;
f) forces another person to commit or tolerate sexual violence, forces others into prostitution or
to bear a child, or into illegal abortion;
g) causes serious bodily or mental injury to others;
h) deprives other persons of their basic rights for reasons of their affiliation with a group on the
grounds of political opinion, nationality, ethnic origin, culture, religion, sex or any other reason; is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment between ten to twenty years or with life imprisonment.
(2) Any person who engages in preparations for crimes against humanity is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment between two to eight years.
(3) In the application of this Section widespread or systematic assault on the civilian population shall include all conduct which covers the acts defined under Subsection (1) committed systematically against the civilian population aiming to implement or facilitate the policies of a State or organization.

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XVIII
OFFENCES AGAINST PERSONAL FREEDOM

Violation of Personal Freedom

Section 194
(1) Any person who deprives another person of his personal freedom is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment not exceeding three years.
(2) The penalty shall be imprisonment between one to five years if the violation of personal freedom is committed:
a) against a person under the age of eighteen years;
b) with malice aforethought or with malicious motive;
c) by tormenting the victim;
d) against a person incapable of self-defense;
e) by displaying a deadly weapon;
f) by carrying a deadly weapon;
g) causing a significant injury of interests; or
h) by the unlawful impersonation of an authority.
(3) The penalty shall be imprisonment between two to eight years if the criminal offense is committed against a person under the age of eighteen years, and either of the aggravating circumstances under Paragraph b) or c) of Subsection (3) apply.

Hungary - Fundamental Law 2011 (2019) EN

BASIC
(U) Article

(1)
g) for depriving citizens and certain groups of them of their fundamental human rights or for severely restricting them, in particular for killing people, exposing them to foreign power, illegally imprisoning them, deporting them to forced labor camps, torturing them or subjecting them to inhuman treatment; for the arbitrary deprivation of citizens of their property, for the restriction of their property rights; for the complete deprivation of citizens' freedoms and the coercion of political expression and will to state; to discriminate against people on the basis of their origin, worldview or political beliefs, and to prevent them from advancing and asserting themselves on the basis of knowledge, diligence and talent;

Rome Statute

Article 7 Crimes against humanity

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:

(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;