1. Those who commit the acts provided for in the following section as part of a widespread or systematic attack against the civilian population or against a part of it are guilty of crimes against humanity.
In any case, it will be considered crime against humanity the commission of such acts:
a) Due to the victim's membership in a group or collective persecuted for political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, disability or other reasons universally recognized as unacceptable under international law.
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2. Those convicted of crimes against humanity will be punished:
a) With the penalty of reviewable permanent imprisonment if they caused the death of someone.
b) With a prison sentence of 12 to 15 years if they committed a rape, and four to six years in prison if the act consisted of any other sexual assault.
c) With a prison sentence of 12 to 15 years if they cause any of the injuries to the article 149, and with eight to 12 years in prison if they subject people to living conditions that endanger their lives or seriously disturb their health or when they cause any of the injuries provided for in the article 150. The prison sentence of four to eight years will be applied if they commit any of the injuries of the article 147.
d) With a prison sentence of eight to 12 years if they deport or forcibly transfer, without reasons authorized by international law, one or more persons to another State or place, through expulsion or other acts of coercion.
e) With a prison sentence of six to eight years if they force the pregnancy of a woman with the intention of modifying the ethnic composition of the population, without damage of the corresponding penalty, if applicable, for other crimes.
f) With a prison sentence of twelve to fifteen years, the forced disappearance of people. Forced disappearance shall be understood as the apprehension, detention or kidnapping or any other form of deprivation of liberty that is the work of agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by the refusal to recognize said deprivation of liberty or the concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, removing them from the protection of the law.
g) With a prison sentence of eight to 12 years if another person is detained, depriving him of his freedom, in violation of international standards on detention. The lower sentence will be imposed when the detention lasts less than fifteen days.
h) With a sentence of four to eight years in prison if they commit serious torture on people under their custody or control, and with a sentence of two to six years in prison if it is less serious. For the purposes of this article, torture means subjecting a person to physical or mental suffering. The penalty provided for in this number will be imposed without prejudice to the penalties that may apply, if applicable, for attacks against other rights of the victim.
i) With a prison sentence of four to eight years if they commit any of the conduct related to prostitution included in the article 187.1, and with six to eight years in the cases provided for in the article 188.1. The penalty of six to eight years will be imposed on those who transfer people from one place to another, for the purpose of sexual exploitation, using violence, intimidation or deception, or abusing a situation of superiority or need or vulnerability of the victim. When the behaviors provided for in the previous paragraph and in the article 188.1 are committed against minors or people with disabilities in need of special protection, higher penalties will be imposed.
j) With a prison sentence of four to eight years if they subject a person to slavery or keep them there. This penalty will be applied without prejudice to any penalties that may apply for specific attacks committed against people's rights.
k) Slavery shall be understood as the situation of the person over whom another exercises, even in fact, all or some of the attributes of the right of property, such as buying, selling, lending or bartering it.
3. In all the cases provided for in the previous section, the penalty of special disqualification for educational profession or trade, in the field of teaching, sports and free time, will also be imposed for a period of time greater than between three and five years than the duration of the penalty of deprivation of liberty imposed in the sentence, proportionally taking into account the seriousness of the crime and the circumstances of the offender.
art 607 bis cp
This article from Penal Code Spanish refers to the crimes against humanity and their sorrows.
- Penal Code
- BOOK II: Crimes and their penalties
- Title XXIV: Crimes against the International Community
- Chapter I: Crimes against the law of nations
- Chapter II: crimes of genocide
- Chapter II bis: Crimes against humanity
- Article 607 bis
- Title XXIV: Crimes against the International Community
- BOOK II: Crimes and their penalties