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Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 103. War crimes against persons
Any person is liable to punishment for a war crime who in connection with an armed conflict
(a) kills a protected person,
Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 103. War crimes against persons
Any person is liable to punishment for a war crime who in connection with an armed conflict
(e) takes a protected person hostage,
Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 103. War crimes against persons
Any person is liable to punishment for a war crime who in connection with an armed conflict
(g) subjects a protected person to a medical or scientific experiment that is not carried out in the interest of the person concerned and that seriously endangers the life or health of such person,
Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 103. War crimes against persons
In the case of an international armed conflict, any person is also liable to punishment who
(c) compels a protected person to serve in the armed forces of a hostile power.
Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 103. War crimes against persons
A protected person is a person who does not take, or who no longer takes, active part in hostilities, or who is otherwise protected under international law.
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
(a) pillages,
Chapter 16. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Section 105. War crimes against humanitarian missions or distinctive emblems
Any person is liable to punishment for a war crime who in connection with an armed conflict
a) directs an attack against personnel, installations, material, medical units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians or property/civilian objects* under international law,
(b) directs an attack against personnel, buildings, material, medical units or transport which are entitled under international law to use one of the specially protected distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols or any other means of identification indicating that they are protected under the Geneva Conventions
is liable to punishment for a war crime.
Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(i) Wilful killing;
(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;
(iii) Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health;
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly;
(v) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power;
(vi) Wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial;
(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;
(viii) Taking of hostages.