International Crimes
(International Criminal Court)
The following acts are crimes
coming within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal for which there
shall be individual responsibility:
Crimes against Peace:
namely, planning, preparation,
initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation
of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation
in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of
the foregoing:
War Crimes:
namely, violations of the
laws or customs of war. Such violations include, but not be limited
to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for
any other purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory,
murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the
seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property,
wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation
not justified by military necessity:
Crimes against Humanity:
namely, murder, extermination,
enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against
any civilian population, before or during the war, or persecutions
on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in
connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal,
whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country
where perpetrated ...
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