Norma relacionada
Burundi
Practice Related to Rule 95. Forced Labour
Burundi’s Regulations on International Humanitarian Law (2007) states:
The Occupying Power may not compel … the inhabitants to work unless it is necessary:
a) for the needs of the army of occupation;
b) for the public utility services;
c) for the feeding, sheltering, clothing, transportation or health of the population of the occupied territory.
Persons below the age of eighteen may not be forced to work.
Burundi, Règlement n° 98 sur le droit international humanitaire, Ministère de la Défense Nationale et des Anciens Combattants, Projet “Moralisation” (BDI/B-05), August 2007, Part I bis, p. 107.
Burundi’s Regulations on International Humanitarian Law (2007) states that “[i]t is prohibited … to compel prisoners of war to participate in military activities”.
Burundi, Règlement n° 98 sur le droit international humanitaire, Ministère de la Défense Nationale et des Anciens Combattants, Projet “Moralisation” (BDI/B-05), August 2007, Part I, p. 15; see also Part I bis, pp. 11, 24 and 56
The Regulations also states that “compelling a prisoner of war or a civilian to serve in the armed forces of a hostile power” constitutes a “grave breach” of IHL.
Burundi, Règlement n° 98 sur le droit international humanitaire, Ministère de la Défense Nationale et des Anciens Combattants, Projet “Moralisation” (BDI/B-05), August 2007, Part I bis, pp. 26–27; see also Part I bis, pp. 46, 67 and 115.
The Regulations further states: “The Occupying Power may not compel the inhabitants of occupied territory to serve in its armed forces or auxiliaries.”
Burundi, Règlement n° 98 sur le droit international humanitaire, Ministère de la Défense Nationale et des Anciens Combattants, Projet “Moralisation” (BDI/B-05), August 2007, Part I bis, p. 107.
Burundi’s Law on Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes (2003) states:
[The following are] considered as war crimes:
A. Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 8 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts aimed at persons or objects protected by the provisions of the Geneva Conventions
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e) compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the armed forces of a hostile power;
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B. Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflicts, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
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o) compelling the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed against their own country, even if they were in the belligerent’s service before the commencement of the war.
Burundi, Law on Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes, 2003, Article 4(A)(e) and (B)(o).
Burundi’s Penal Code (2009) states:
“War crimes” means crimes which are committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes, in particular:
1. Any of the following grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions … :
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5°. Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power;
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2. Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
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15°. Compelling the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed against their own country, even if they were in the belligerent’s service before the commencement of the war.
Burundi, Penal Code, 2009, Article 198(1)(5°) and (2)(15°).
