A/HRC/10/25 page 6 2. Whoever becomes a member of a group of people referred to in paragraph 1 of the present article shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between 1 and 10 years; 3. Any member of a group of people referred to in paragraph 1 of the present article who exposes the group before he has perpetrated a criminal offence in its ranks or on its account shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, but may also be released from punishment; 4. Whoever calls on or instigates the perpetration of criminal offence referred to in articles 171 to 175 of the present Code shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between 1 and 10 years. 17. The Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina also prohibits authorities or public institutions, State and local ones, and official persons from promoting or instigating racial discrimination. The Code stipulates the said as a criminal act of discriminatory action by an official or responsible person inciting racial discrimination. Article 145 on Infringement of the equality of individuals and citizens reads: 1. Any official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina who, on the grounds of differences in race, skin colour, national or ethnic background, religion, political or other belief, sex, sexual orientation, language, education or social status or social origins, denies or restricts the civil rights as provided by the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ratified international agreement, law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, any other regulation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or general act of Bosnia and Herzegovina or, whoever on the ground of these differences or background or other status grants unjustified privileges or does unjustified favours to individuals, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term between 6 months and 5 years; 2. Any official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina who, in contravention of the regulations of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the equal use of languages and alphabets of the constituent peoples and others living on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, restricts or denies a citizen to use his or her language or alphabet while addressing bodies or institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, business enterprises or other legal persons in order to exercise his or her rights shall be punishable by a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year; 3. Any official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina who denies or limits the right of citizens to be freely employed within the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the same prescribed terms shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term between 6 months and 5 years. 18. Article 183 on the destruction of cultural, historic and religious monuments states that: 1. Whoever, in violation of the rules of international law at the time of war or armed conflict, destroys cultural, historic or religious monuments, buildings or establishments devoted to science, art, education, humanitarian or religious purposes shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term between 1 and 10 years;