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

(3) the offence is committed in an especially brutal, cruel or degrading manner,

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(c) In the case of an armed conflict not of an international character, serious violations of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts committed against persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention or any other cause:
(i) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture