Uganda

The International Criminal Court Act 2010

Part II – International Crimes and Offences Against The Administration of Justice

International Crimes

9. War crimes.
(1) A person is liable on conviction on indictment to the penalty specified in subsection (3) who, in Uganda or elsewhere, commits a war crime.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a “war crime” is an act specified in –

(a) article 8(2)(a) of the Statute (which relates to grave breaches of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Geneva Conventions); or

(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

(c) article 8(2)(c) of the Statute (which relate to armed conflict not of an international character involving serious violations of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949); or

(d) article 8(2)(e) of the Statute (which relates to other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflict not of an international character).

(3) The penalty for a war crime is imprisonment for life or a lesser term.

(4) Nothing in this section affects or limits the operation of section (2) of the Geneva Conventions an offence under Uganda law).

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