'Extensive destruction of property - IAC' in document 'Timor-Leste - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER II
WAR CRIMES

Article 125. War crimes against individuals

1. Any person who, within the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature, commits against a person protected by international humanitarian law :

h) Unjustified appropriation or destruction of property of high value ;

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER II
WAR CRIMES

Article 129. War crimes against property

Any person who, within the context of an armed conflict of an international or noninternational nature :

a) Seizes, destroys or damages property on a large scale or of high value, with no military need to do so or in an arbitrary or illegal manner ;

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly