What Article 408 of the Criminal Code of Georgia regulates
A crime against humanity, provided for by Article 408 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, belongs among the gravest offences. Under the law, such a crime is any act committed against the civilian population or against persons within the framework of a widespread or systematic attack. This means that an individual act listed in the article is punishable under this norm when it is part of that broader criminal context — and it is precisely this circumstance that distinguishes this norm from the other provisions of the Code concerning individual acts.
This norm of the law was created on the foundations of international law and serves to address the gravest global crimes directed against humanity. Its application in practice is rare, but the seriousness of the charge and the scale of the punishment demand the utmost precision from the defence as well.