Vanuatu

Chapter 150 - Geneva Conventions

PART 2 – GRAVE BREACHES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS

4. Grave breaches

(1) Any grave breach of any of the Geneva Conventions that would, if committed in Vanuatu, be an offence under any provision of the Penal Code Act [CAP. 135] or any other law shall be an offence under such provision of the Penal Code or any other law if committed outside Vanuatu.

(2) For the purposes of this section –

(a) a grave breach of the First Convention is a breach as defined in Article 50 of that Convention;
(b) a grave breach of the Second Convention is a breach as defined in Article 51 of that Convention;
(c) a grave breach of the Third Convention is a breach as defined in Article 130 of that Convention;
(d) a grave breach of the Fourth Convention is a breach as defined in Article 147 of that Convention.

Keywords

War crimes
Grave breaches - IAC



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