'Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects - IAC' in document 'Australia - Criminal Code 1995 (amended 2014) Vol 2'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 8—Offences against humanity and related offences

Division 268—Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court

Subdivision E—Other serious war crimes that are committed in the course of an international armed conflict

268.36 War crime—attacking civilian objects

A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
(a) the perpetrator directs an attack; and
(b) the object of the attack is not a military objective; and
(c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

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:
(ii) Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects, that is, objects which are not military objectives