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SPECIAL PART
34. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
War crimes against the civil population
Article 404
(2) The punishment from item 1 shall apply to a person who by violating the rules of international law, during a war, an armed conflict or an occupation orders : an attack on cultural good which is under reinforced protection or other structures with special protection upon facilities specially protected by international law, buildings, means of transportation, material and medical units that use well known marks determined by the international law or personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles included in providing humanitarian aid or peace keeping missions and upon facilities and plants with a dangerous power, such as dams, embankments and nuclear power plants ; without a choice of the targets to strike : hospitals and places where the sick wounded and other are gathering, civil constructions, which are under special protection by international law, prohibited places or demilitarized zones cities, villages, settlements or buildings that are not defended and are not military
targets ; long lasting and extensive destruction of the natural environment that could be damaging to the health or the survival of the population ; or of cultural good that is under reinforced protection or its vicinity to be used as a support of a military action, destruction or possession of greater scope of cultural good, protected by the international law, stealing or vandal attacks on cultural goods protected by the international law the person who commits some of the above mentioned crimes.
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:
(iv) Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated