Inhuman treatment - 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

 2. Causing serious bodily harm to persons specified in Part 1 of this Article, or torturing, torturing or inhumane treatment; or conducting on them, even with their consent, medical, biological or other experiments, intentionally causing severe suffering, mental disorder, serious injury; unlawful arbitrary destruction and appropriation of property not caused by military necessity; or using them to protect their troops or facilities from military action; or capturing and holding such persons as hostages; or using the civilian population for forced labor, in the absence of elements of a crime against humanity and genocide -

shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of ten to twelve 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:

(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;