'Transferring own civilians into occupied territory - IAC' in document 'UK - ICC Scotland Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART 1
OFFENCES

1 Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

(4) In subsection (1) above—

"war crime" means a war crime as defined in article 8.2.

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:
(viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory