New Zealand

International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000

PART 2 - INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

International crimes

11.
War crimes—

(2)For the purposes of this section, a ``war crime'' is an act specified in—

(b)article 8(2)(b) of the Statute (which relates to other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict); or

Keywords

Attacking or bombarding towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended and which are not military objectives - IAC
Compelling nationals of hostile party to take part in operations of war against their own country - IAC
Conscripting children under 15 into the national armed forces - IAC
Declaring abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of the nationals of a hostile party - IAC
Denial of quarter - IAC
Destroying or seizing the enemy's property unless imperative - IAC
Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices - IAC
Employing bullets which flatten or expand - IAC
Employing poison or poisoned weapons - IAC
Employing weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which are inherently indiscriminate - IAC
Employing weapons, projectiles and materials and methods of warfare which cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering - IAC
Enforced prostitution - IAC
Enforced sterilisation - IAC
Enlisting children under 15 into the national armed forces - IAC
Utilising the presence of a civilian or other protected person to render certain points, areas or military forces immune from military operations - IAC
Forced pregnancy - IAC
Humiliating and degrading treatment - IAC
Improper use of a flag of truce - IAC
Improper use of the flag of the enemy - IAC
Improper use of the emblems of the Geneva Conventions - IAC
Improper use of the flag of the United Nations - IAC
Improper use of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy - IAC
Improper use of the military insignia and uniform of the United Nations - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against individual civilians not taking part in hostilities - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against installations, material, medical units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance - NIAC
Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport using the emblems of the Geneva Conventions - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel involved in a peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel involved in humanitarian assistance - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel using the emblems of the Geneva Conventions - IAC
Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population - IAC
Intentionally launching attacks that will cause environmental damage - IAC
Intentionally launching attacks that will cause incidental damage to civilian objects - IAC
Intentionally starving as method of warfare - IAC
Killing or wounding a combatant who has laid down his arms and surrendered at discretion - IAC
Killing or wounding a combatant who no longer has means of defence and has surrendered at discretion - IAC
Killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army - IAC
Medical experiments - IAC
Mutilation - IAC
Outrages upon personal dignity - IAC
Pillaging - IAC
Rape - IAC
Scientific experiments - IAC
Sexual slavery - IAC
Any other form of sexual violence - IAC
Transferring own civilians into occupied territory - IAC
Transferring population of an occupied territory - IAC
Using children under 15 to participate actively in hostilities - IAC
Violations of laws and customs - IAC



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