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International Criminal Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 2002

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Criminal Code Act 1995

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 D—War crimes that are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and of Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions


268.34 War crime—taking hostages

(1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:

(e) the perpetrator knows of, or is reckless as to, the factual circumstances that establish that the person or persons are so protected; and

Keywords

Awareness of conflict - war crimes
Intent - national proceedings
Knowledge - national proceedings



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