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Spain
Practice Relating to Rule 53. Starvation as a Method of Warfare
Spain’s LOAC Manual (1996) states: “It is prohibited … to starve civilian persons as a method of warfare.”
Spain, Orientaciones. El Derecho de los Conflictos Armados, Publicación OR7-004, 2 Tomos, aprobado por el Estado Mayor del Ejército, Division de Operaciones, 18 March 1996, Vol. I, § 3.3.b.(7).
Spain’s LOAC Manual (2007) states: “Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited.”
Spain, Orientaciones. El Derecho de los Conflictos Armados, Tomo 1, Publicación OR7–004, (Edición Segunda), Mando de Adiestramiento y Doctrina, Dirección de Doctrina, Orgánica y Materiales, 2 November 2007, § 2.3.b.(3); see also §§ 3.3.b.(7) and 7.3.a.(1).
Spain’s Penal Code (1995), as amended in 2003, states:
Anyone who [commits any of the following acts] during armed conflict shall be punished with three to seven years’ imprisonment:
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3. … [D]epriving a protected person of indispensable food supplies or not providing such supplies.
Spain, Penal Code, 1995, as amended on 25 November 2003, Article 612(3).
Spain’s Penal Code (1995), as amended in 2010, states:
Anyone who [commits any of the following acts] during armed conflict shall be punished with three to seven years’ imprisonment:
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8. Intentionally using starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare depriving it of indispensable supplies or not providing items indispensable for its survival.
Spain, Penal Code, 1995, as amended on 23 June 2010, Article 612(8).
