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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XVI. Offences against peace, and humanity, and war crimes

Article 126.

§ 2. The same punishment shall be imposed on anyone, who, in the course of warfare, illegally uses protective emblems for items of cultural heritage or other emblems protected under international law, or uses a national flag or the military markings of the enemy, neutral country or an international organisation or commission.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(vii) Making improper use of a flag of truce, of the flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy or of the United Nations, as well as of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions, resulting in death or serious personal injury