PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste g) Declares or threatens, in the capacity of an officer, that no quarter will be given; h) Treacherously kills or injures hostile combatants; i) Launches an attack while capable of knowing that such an attack will cause widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated; j) Commits perfidy, construed as the act of killing, wounding or capturing an adversary by appealing to good faith, with the intention to deceive, leading the same to believe that he or she is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection under the rules of humanitarian international law; is punishable with 15 to 30 years imprisonment. Article 127. War crimes committed using prohibited means of warfare 1. Any person who, within the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature, employs weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or to cause indiscriminate effects, in violation of international law applied to armed conflict, is punishable with 12 to 25 years imprisonment: 2. The previous subarticle covers, namely, the use of: a) Poison or poisoned weapons; b) Asphyxiating, toxic or other similar gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices; c) Projectiles that expand or flatten easily inside the human body, such as hollow-pointed jacketed bullets or those with incisions; d) Antipersonnel landmines; e) Chemical weapons; f) Weapons whose major effect is to cause wounds with shrapnel which cannot be located by x-ray in the human body; g) Incendiary weapons; h) Laser weapons causing blindness; 3. The weapons, instruments and products referred to in the previous subarticle correspond to the definitions set out by international law. Article 128. War crimes against assets protected by insignia or distinctive emblems Any person who, in the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature, directs attacks against: a) Personnel, facilities, material, units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance or peace-keeping missions in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, whenever the same are entitled to protection given to civilians or civilian assets under international humanitarian law; b) Buildings, facilities, material, units or vehicles visibly displaying the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions or personnel using such emblems; is punishable with 10 to 20 years imprisonment. 37

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