Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
(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)
(d)
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.
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.
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