Swiss Criminal Code

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of 21 December 1937 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 264f

c. Re­cruit­ment and use of child sol­diers

 

1 The pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than three years for any per­son who en­lists a child un­der the age of fif­teen in­to armed forces or groups or re­cruit­ing them for this pur­pose or us­ing them to par­ti­cip­ate in armed con­flicts.

2 In es­pe­cially ser­i­ous cases, and in par­tic­u­lar where the of­fence af­fects a num­ber of chil­dren or the of­fend­er acts in a cruel man­ner, a cus­todi­al sen­tence of life may be im­posed

3 In less ser­i­ous cases, a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year may be im­posed.

 
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