'Individual commission' in document 'Kiribati - Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 2010'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

6. New section 3A

“3A. Other breaches of the Geneva Conventions or Protocols

(1) Any person, whatever his or her nationality, who, in Kiribati, commits, or aids, abets or procures the commission by another person of a breach of any of the Geneva Conventions or Protocols not covered by section 3 is guilty of an offence.

(2) Any citizen of Kiribati who, outside Kiribati, commits, or aids, abets or procures the commission by another person of a breach of any of the Geneva Conventions or Protocols not covered by section 3 is guilty of an offence.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(a) Commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another or through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally responsible