'Employing weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which are inherently indiscriminate - IAC' in document 'Georgia - Law amending Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:

8. Article413

b) Subparagraph ā€cā€ of article 413 shall be drafted as follows:
"c) In military operation or armed conflict employing of weapons, military devices, means or weapon of mass destruction, also employing methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or which violate the international law of armed conflict; and if such weapons, military devices and weapons, or methods of warfare are subject to universal prohibition.

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:
(xx) Employing weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or which are inherently indiscriminate in violation of the international law of armed conflict, provided that such weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare are the subject of a comprehensive prohibition and are included in an annex to this Statute, by an amendment in accordance with the relevant provisions set forth in articles 121 and 123