Schedule ELEMENTS OF CRIMES

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* Explanatory note: The structure of the elements of the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes follows the structure of the corresponding provisions of articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute. Some paragraphs of those articles of the Rome Statute list multiple crimes. In those instances, the elements of crimes appear in separate paragraphs which correspond to each of those crimes to facilitate the identification of the respective elements.
	General introduction	4
	Article 6: Genocide
	Introduction	4
6(a)	Genocide by killing	4
6(b)	Genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm	5
6(c)	Genocide by deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction	5
6(d)	Genocide by imposing measures intended to prevent births	5
6(e)	Genocide by forcibly transferring children	6
	Article 7: Crimes against humanity
	Introduction	6
7(1)(a)	Crimes against humanity of murder	6
7(1)(b)	Crime against humanity of extermination	7
7(1)(c)	Crime against humanity of enslavement	7
7(1)(d)	Crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population	7
7(1)(e)	Crime against humanity of imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty	8
7(1)(f)	Crime against humanity of torture	8
7(1)(g)-1	Crime against humanity of rape	8
7(1)(g)-2	Crime against humanity of sexual slavery	8
7(1)(g)-3	Crime against humanity of enforced prostitution	9
7(1)(g)-4	Crime against humanity of forced pregnancy	9
7(1)(g)-5	Crime against humanity of enforced sterilization	9
7(1)(g)-6	Crime against humanity of sexual violence	10
7(1)(h)	Crime against humanity of persecution	10
7(1)(i)	Crime against humanity of enforced disappearance of persons	10
7(1)(j)	Crime against humanity of apartheid	11
7(1)(k)	Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts	11
	Article 8: War Crimes
	Introduction	12
	Article 8(2)(a)
8(2)(a)(i)	War Crime of wilful killing	12
8(2)(a)(ii)-1	War crime of torture	13
8(2)(a)(ii)-2	War crime of inhuman treatment	13
8(2)(a)(ii)-3	War crime of biological experiments	13
8(2)(a)(iii)	War crime of wilfully causing great suffering	14
8(2)(a)(iv)	War crime of destruction and appropriation of property	14
8(2)(a)(v)	War crime of compelling service in hostile forces	14
8(2)(a)(vi)	War crime of denying a fair trial	14
8(2)(a)(vii)-1	War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer	15
8(2)(a)(vii)-2	War crime of unlawful confinement	15
8(2)(a)(viii)	War crime of taking hostages	15
	Article 8(2)(b)
8(2)(b)(i)	War crime of attacking civilians	16
8(2)(b)(ii)	War crime of attacking civilian objects	16
8(2)(b)(iii)	War crime of attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission	16
8(2)(b)(iv)	War crime of excessive incidental death, injury, or damage	16
8(2)(b)(v)	War crime of attacking undefended places	17
8(2)(b)(vi)	War crime of killing or wounding a person hors de combat	17
8(2)(b)(vii)-1	War crime of improper use of a flag of truce	18
8(2)(b)(vii)-2	War crime of improper use of a flag, insignia or uniform of the hostile party	18
8(2)(b)(vii)-3	War crime of improper use of a flag, insignia or uniform of the United Nations	18
8(2)(b)(vii)-4	War crime of improper use of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions	19
8(2)(b)(viii)	The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory	19
8(2)(b)(ix)	War crime of attacking protected objects	19
8(2)(b)(x)-1	War crime of mutilation	20
8(2)(b)(x)-2	War crime of medical or scientific experiments	20
8(2)(b)(xi)	War crime of treacherously killing or wounding	20
8(2)(b)(xii)	War crime of denying quarter	21
8(2)(b)(xiii)	War crime of destroying or seizing the enemy’s property	21
8(2)(b)(xiv)	War crime of depriving the nationals of the hostile power of rights or actions	21
8(2)(b)(xv)	War crime of compelling participation in military operations	21
8(2)(b)(xvi)	War crime of pillaging	22
8(2)(b)(xvii)	War crime of employing poison or poisoned weapons	22
8(2)(b)(xviii)	War crime of employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices	22
8(2)(b)(xix)	War crime of employing prohibited bullets	22
8(2)(b)(xx)	War crime of employing weapons, projectiles or materials or methods of warfare listed in the Annex of the Statute	23
8(2)(b)(xxi)	War crime of outrages upon personal dignity	23
8(2)(b)(xxii)-1	War crime of rape	23
8(2)(b)(xxii)-2	War crime of sexual slavery	23
8(2)(b)(xxii)-3	War crime of enforced prostitution	24
8(2)(b)(xxii)-4	War crime of forced pregnancy	24
8(2)(b)(xxii)-5	War crime of enforced sterilization	24
8(2)(b)(xxii)-6	War crime of sexual violence	24
8(2)(b)(xxiii)	War crime of using protected persons as shields	25
8(2)(b)(xxiv)	War crime of attacking objects or persons using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions	25
8(2)(b)(xxv)	War crime of starvation as a method of warfare	25
8(2)(b)(xxvi)	War crime of using, conscripting or enlisting children	25
	Article 8(2)(c)
8(2)(c)(i)-1	War crime of murder	25
8(2)(c)(i)-2	War crime of mutilation	26
8(2)(c)(i)-3	War crime of cruel treatment	26
8(2)(c)(i)-4	War crime of torture	27
8(2)(c)(ii)	War crime of outrages upon personal dignity	27
8(2)(c)(iii)	War crime of taking hostages	27
8(2)(c)(iv)	War crime of sentencing or execution without due process	28
	Article 8(2)(e)
8(2)(e)(i)	War crime of attacking civilians	28
8(2)(e)(ii)	War crime of attacking objects or persons using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions	28
8(2)(e)(iii)	War crime of attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission	29
8(2)(e)(iv)	War crime of attacking protected objects	29
8(2)(e)(v)	War crime of pillaging	29
8(2)(e)(vi)-1	War crime of rape	30
8(2)(e)(vi)-2	War crime of sexual slavery	30
8(2)(e)(vi)-3	War crime of enforced prostitution	30
8(2)(e)(vi)-4	War crime of forced pregnancy	31
8(2)(e)(vi)-5	War crime of enforced sterilization	31
8(2)(e)(vi)-6	War crime of sexual violence	31
8(2)(e)(vii)	War crime of using, conscripting and enlisting children	31
8(2)(e)(viii)	War crime of displacing civilians	32
8(2)(e)(ix)	War crime of treacherously killing or wounding	32
8(2)(e)(x)	War crime of denying quarter	32
8(2)(e)(xi)-1	War crime of mutilation	33
8(2)(e)(xi)-2	War crime of medical or scientific experiments	33
8(2)(e)(xii)	War crime of destroying or seizing the enemy’s property	33

Annotations

Footnotes

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Explanatory note: The structure of the elements of the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes follows the structure of the corresponding provisions of articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute. Some paragraphs of those articles of the Rome Statute list multiple crimes. In those instances, the elements of crimes appear in separate paragraphs which correspond to each of those crimes to facilitate the identification of the respective elements.