'Serious violations of Common Article 3 - NIAC' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PRIVATE PART

SECTION FOURTEEN CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

CHAPTER XLVII. CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, PEACE, SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

Article 411. Deliberate Violation of the Norms of International Humanitarian Law amid Armed Conflict Deliberate violation of the norms of International Humanitarian Law amid any inter-state or internal armed conflict, namely;
a) Attack on civilian population or civilians;
b) indiscriminate attack on civilian population or civil objects when it is known that doing so will invite casualties in the civilian population or will inflict damage to civil objects;
c) attack on the objects or installations of increased danger when it is known that doing so will invite casualties in the civilian population or will inflict damage to civil objects;
d) attack on any unprotected area or demilitarized zone;

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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;
(ii) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
(iii) Taking of hostages;
(iv) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all judicial guarantees which are generally recognized as indispensable.