Torture - 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.

Hungary - Fundamental Law 2011 (2019) EN

FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY

III. article
(1) No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or to any servitude. Trafficking in human beings is prohibited.

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:

(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;