GENERAL PART

Chapter Fourteen
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY

War Crimes

Article 102

Whoever orders or commits war crimes, especially if they are committed as part of an integral plan or policy, or as part of an extensive implementation of such crimes, namely the following :

1) grave breaches of Geneva Conventions on 12 August 1949 (Act on notification of succession concerning the Council of Europe conventions, the Geneva Conventions and additional protocols regarding the protection of victims of war and international agreements in the field of arms control, the depositors of which are the three main nuclear forces (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 14/1992)), namely any mentioned act against persons or property, which are protected by appropriate Geneva Conventions :

- wilful killing ;
- torture or inhumane treatment, as well as biological experiments ;
- intentional causing of great suffering or serious injury to body or health ;
- extensive unlawful wanton destruction or appropriation of property ;
- forcing a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a
hostile power ;
- depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of a fair trial ; - unlawful deportation or confinement ;
- taking hostages ;

GENERAL PART

Chapter Fourteen

CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY

War Crimes
Article 102

1) grave breaches of Geneva Conventions on 12 August 1949 (Act on notification of succession concerning the Council of Europe conventions, the Geneva Conventions and additional protocols regarding the protection of victims of war and international agreements in the field of arms control, the depositors of which are the three main nuclear forces (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 14/1992)), namely any mentioned act against persons or property, which are protected by appropriate Geneva Conventions:
- wilful killing;
- torture or inhumane treatment, as well as biological experiments;
- intentional causing of great suffering or serious injury to body or health; - extensive unlawful wanton destruction or appropriation of property;
- forcing a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a
hostile power;
- depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of a fair trial; - unlawful deportation or confinement;
- taking hostages;

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(i) Wilful killing;
(ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;
(iii) Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health;
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly;
(v) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power;
(vi) Wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial;
(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;
(viii) Taking of hostages.