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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter II
Crimes

Section II
War crimes

Article 12
War crimes involving the employment of prohibited means of warfare

1. Anyone who, in the context of an international armed conflict or a non-international armed conflict, employs weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or which are inherently indiscriminate in violation of the international law of armed conflict, shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 10 to 25 years.

2. The preceding paragraph relates, in particular, to the employment of:

(b) Asphyxiating, toxic or similar gases or any analogous liquid, material or device;

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:
(xviii) Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices