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

Armenia

Armenia - Criminal Code (EN) 2003 (2013)

Special Part

Section 13.

Crimes against peace and human security

Chapter 33.

Crimes against peace and human security

Article 390. Serious breach of international humanitarian law during armed conflicts.

2. 2) forcing a protected person or POW to serve in the opponent army,

Armenia - Criminal Procedure Code 1998 (2021) (EN)

Article 137. War Crimes Committed Against a Protected Person

3. Committing any of the following acts, which are considered to be other serious violations of the international humanitarian law or laws or customs of war, towards persons stipulated in Part 1 of this Article:

1) compelling the persons provided for in Part 1 of this article to serve in the armed forces of the adversary state-
shall be punished by an imprisonment for a term of twelve to twenty years or life imprisonment.

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;