SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XV
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES
Article 100. Treatment of Persons Prohibited under International Law
A person who intentionally, by carrying out or supporting the policy of the State or an organisation, detains, arrests or otherwise deprives them of liberty, where such a deprivation of liberty is not recognised, or fails to report the fate or whereabouts of the persons ;
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:
(i) Enforced disappearance of persons;
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(i) ‘Enforced disappearance of persons’ means the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, a State or a political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time.