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SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XV
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES
Article 101. Killing of Persons Protected under International Law
Any person who, in violation of norms of international humanitarian law in time of war or during an international armed conflict, occupation or annexation, orders to kill or kills : the persons who had surrendered by laying down their arms or not having any means of resistance ; the wounded, the sick or seamen of a sinking war ship ; prisoners of war; the civilians present in an occupied, annexed or captured territory or in the territory of hostilities or other persons under international protection in time of war
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;