Тhe offence of using unacceptable ways or means of fighting in polish criminal law

Abstract

Article 122 § 1 of the Polish Criminal Code of 1997 describes the offence of attacking during military operations an undefended locality or object, a sanitary, demilitarized or neutralized zone or using another method of fighting prohibited by international law, while § 2 describes the offence of using a means of combat prohibited by international law during military operations. The protected value of Article 122 of the Criminal Code, as doctrine indicates, is the legal order protected by international law. It should be pointed out that the regulation also protects the life and health of civilians who are in facilities and places subject to attack, medical personnel, including patients in the sanitary area, as well as the life and health of all persons in the demilitarized or neutralized zone. Article 122 of the Criminal Code also covers all non-military property located in the above-mentioned places.