War crime Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === United Nations === The [[United Nations]] defines war crimes as described in Article 8 of the [[Rome statute]], the treaty that established the International Criminal Court:<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect|url=https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml|access-date=2021-10-18|website=UN.org|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123050633/https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court|url=https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/romefra.htm|publisher=UN Treaty Organization|access-date=October 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019222421/http://legal.un.org/icc/statute/99_corr/cstatute.htm|archive-date=October 19, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> # Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention: #:{{Ordered list |list_style_type=lower-alpha |Willful killing|Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments|Willfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health|Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly|Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power|Willfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial|Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement|Taking of hostages}} # Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law... # 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...{{efn|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}} # Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character, within the established framework of international law...{{efn|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. It applies to armed conflicts that take place in the territory of a State when there is protracted armed conflict between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups}} {{notelist}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page