'Universal jurisdiction' in document 'Finland: Decree on Application of Chapter 1'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section 1

(1) For the purposes of Chapter 1, section 7 of the Penal Code, the following offences shall be considered international crimes:

2) Such war crime, violation of human rights in a state of emergency, serious war crime or other punishable criminal act which must be considered a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (FTS 8/1955), as well as the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (FTS 82/1980);

3) Commission and preparation of the crime of genocide referred to in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (FTS 5/1960);