'Intentionally directing attacks against personnel using the emblems of the Geneva Conventions - IAC' in document 'Norway: Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

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

(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, or

is liable to punishment for a war crime.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(xxiv) Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with international law