Compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power - IAC

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan - Criminal Code 2021 (2024) EN

Article 410. Violation of the laws and customs of warfare in relation to persons enjoying international protection during military operations

1. Coercion of persons who have surrendered their weapons and do not have means of protection, the wounded, the sick, medical workers, sanitary and religious personnel, prisoners of war, the civilian population in occupied territory or in the area of military operations, other persons enjoying international protection during military operations, to serve in the armed forces of the enemy or to resettle, or depriving them of the right to an independent and impartial court, or restricting the right of these persons to defense in criminal proceedings -

shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years.

Rome Statute

Article 8 War crimes

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:

(v) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power;