Understanding the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
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- 28. What are war crimes
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24 27. What are crimes against humanity? “Crimes against humanity” include any of the following acts committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack: ▪ murder; ▪ extermination; ▪ enslavement; ▪ deportation or forcible transfer of population; ▪ imprisonment; ▪ torture; ▪ rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity; ▪ persecution against an identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious or gender grounds; ▪ enforced disappearance of persons; ▪ the crime of apartheid; ▪ other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering or serious bodily or mental injury. 28. What are war crimes? “War crimes” include grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict and in conflicts “not of an international character” listed in the Rome Statute, when they are committed as part of a plan or policy or on a large scale. These prohibited acts include: ▪ murder; ▪ mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; ▪ taking of hostages; ▪ intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population; ▪ intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historical monuments or hospitals; ▪ pillaging; ▪ rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy or any other form of sexual violence; ▪ conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years into armed forces or groups or using them to participate actively in hostilities. |