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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
(xix) Employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a
hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions;
(xx) Employing weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare which are of a nature
to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or which are inherently indiscriminate
in violation of the international law of armed conflict, provided that such weapons, projectiles
and material and methods of warfare are the subject of a comprehensive prohibition and
are included in an annex to this Statute, by an amendment in accordance with the relevant
provisions set forth in articles 121 and 123;
(xxi) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
(xxii) Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in article
7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence also constituting
a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions;
(xxiii) Utilizing the presence of a civilian or other protected person to render certain points, areas or
military forces immune from military operations;
(xxiv) Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and
personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with
international law;
(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;
(xxvi) Conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen years into the national armed forces
or using them to participate actively in hostilities.
(c)
In the case of an armed conflict not of an international character, serious violations of article 3 common
to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts committed
against persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have
laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention or any other
cause:
(i)
Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and
torture;
(ii) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
(iii) Taking of hostages;
(iv) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement
pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all judicial guarantees which are
generally recognized as indispensable.
(d) Paragraph 2 (c) applies to armed conflicts not of an international character and thus does not apply to
situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence
or other acts of a similar nature.
(e) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international
character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(i) Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual
civilians not taking direct part in hostilities;
(ii) Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and
personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with
international law;
(iii) Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles
involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter
of the United Nations, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians or civilian
objects under the international law of armed conflict;
(iv) 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, provided they are not military objectives;
(v) Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault;
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