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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 11 – War crimes and crimes against humanity

Section 6 - Aggravated war crime

(1) If the war crime is committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of extensive war crimes and

(1) the offence is directed against a large group of persons,
(2) the offence causes very serious and extensive damage,
(3) the offence is committed in an especially brutal, cruel or degrading manner, or
(4) the offence is committed in an especially planned or systematic manner,
and the offence is aggravated also when assessed as a whole, the offender shall be sentenced for an aggravated war crime to imprisonment for at least eight years or for life.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.