Source: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/rus/docs/v2_cou_ch_rule153
Timestamp: 2020-07-02 19:49:20
Document Index: 545551155

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5', 'Art. 114', 'art. 3', 'art 2', 'art. 139', 'art 2', 'art. 139', 'art. 114', 'Art. 264']

Switzerland’s Basic Military Manual (1987) provides that commanders “are responsible to ensure that their troops respect the Conventions as well as for the punishment of possible breaches”.
Switzerland, Lois et coutumes de la guerre (Extrait et commentaire), Règlement 51.7/II f, Armée Suisse, 1987, Article 196(2).
152 War crimes, i.e. violations of the international law of armed conflict, must in serious cases be reported to the investigating military authorities by the competent superior. Sanctions are the responsibility of the military justice system. The competent commander is responsible for disciplinary sanctions for minor offences.
17.3 Responsibility of superiors
247 Superiors are not only responsible for their own acts and omissions but also for acts and omissions committed under their area of responsibility of which they were aware – or should have been aware – and against which they did not intervene.
Switzerland, Bases légales du comportement à l’engagement (BCE), Règlement 51.007/IVf, Swiss Army, issued based on Article 10 of the Ordinance on the Organization of the Federal Department for Defence, Civil Protection and Sports of 7 March 2003, entry into force on 1 July 2005, §§ 5, 152 and 247.
Switzerland’s Military Criminal Code (1927), taking into account amendments entered into force up to 2011, states in the common provisions for the chapters on genocide and crimes against humanity and on war crimes:
Art. 114 a
1 A superior who knows that a subordinate commits or will commit one of the acts under … chapter 6bis [war crimes] and who does not take appropriate measures to prevent him from it is liable to the same penalty as the perpetrator of the act. If the superior acts negligently, the penalty shall be a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or a monetary penalty.
2 A superior who knows that a subordinate has committed one of the acts under … chapter 6bis and who does not take appropriate measures to ensure the punishment of the perpetrator of the act shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or a monetary penalty.
Switzerland, Military Criminal Code, 1927, taking into account amendments entered into force up to 2011, Article 114a.
1 In times of war, in addition to the persons mentioned in art. 3 and 4, the following are subject to military criminal law:
d. … war crimes (Part 2, chapter 6bis and art. 139);
5. foreign military persons who make themselves culpable of … a war crime (Part 2, chapter 6bis and art. 139).
2 The provisions on the punishability of superiors (art. 114a) are applicable to the cases under paragraph 1, number 1(d) and number 5.
Switzerland, Military Criminal Code, 1927, taking into account amendments entered into force up to 2011, Articles 5(1)(1)(d) and (5) and (2).
Switzerland’s Penal Code (1937), taking into account amendments entered into force up to 2011, which also contains a title on war crimes, states in the common provisions for the titles on genocide and crimes against humanity and on war crimes:
Art. 264k
Switzerland, Penal Code, 1937, taking into account amendments entered into force up to 2011, Article 264k.