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

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter II
Crimes

Section II
War crimes

Article 11
War crimes involving the employment of prohibited methods of war

Anyone who, in the context of an international armed conflict or a non-international armed conflict:

(f) Intentionally uses starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions;

shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 10 to 25 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:
(xxv) Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions