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Ordering the displacement of the civilian population for reasons related to the conflict,
unless the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons so demand;
Killing or wounding treacherously a combatant adversary;
Declaring that no quarter will be given;
Subjecting persons who are in the power of another party to the conflict to physical
mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified
by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his
or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person
or persons;
Destroying or seizing the property of an adversary unless such destruction or seizure be
imperatively demanded by the necessities of the conflict;
Employing poison or poisoned weapons;
Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or
devices;
Employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with
a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions.
Article 140: Provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 under article 139 shall not apply to situations of
internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence or other
acts of a similar nature.
Article 141: The protected persons referred to in article 139 are, in particular
1° wounded, sick or shipwrecked civilians or soldiers ;
2° civilians in the hands of the party to conflict
3° persons who are not directly participating or who are no longer participating in hostilities
4° medical and religious personnel, whether civilian or military;
5° persons deprived of their liberty for reasons connected with the armed conflict, whether they
are interned or detained.
Section 4: Common provisions
Article 142: Is punished by life imprisonment, any person who, with a view to carrying out,
permitting or providing support in any of the acts referred to in this chapter:
1° publicly provokes it;
2° agrees or conspires with another person, orders or forms a gang or group, joins or associates
with its activities or complies with its instructions.
A conspiracy is any concerted and agreed decision between two or more persons with the aim of
committing an offence.
Article 143: In all cases provided for in this chapter:
1° a military commander or a person effectively acting as a military commander shall be
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