Under Spain’s Military Criminal Code (1985), “the soldier who … strips … a prisoner of war of his personal effects in the area of operations, with the intent to appropriate them,” commits a punishable offence against the laws and customs of war. 

Under Spain’s Penal Code (1995), “anyone who, on the occasion of an armed conflict … strips … a prisoner of war or an interned civilian of his personal effects” commits a punishable “offence against protected persons and objects in the event of armed conflict”.