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Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 104. War crimes against property and civil rights
Any person is liable to punishment for a war crime who in connection with an armed conflict
(b) destroys, seizes or confiscates property on a large scale, unless this is strictly necessary for the purpose of waging war/imperatively demanded by the necessities of war*, or
Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(xiii) Destroying or seizing the enemy's property unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war