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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/united-nations-international-tribunal-rwanda-order-1996/schedule/part-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1296",
  "legislation_title": "The United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996",
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  "path": "schedule/part/4",
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  "number": "Article 4",
  "heading": "Violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II",
  "text": "The International Tribunal for Rwanda shall have the power to prosecute persons committing or ordering to be committed serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the Protection of War Victims, and of Additional Protocol II thereto of 8 June 1977. These violations shall include, but shall not be limited to—\n(a) Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular murder as well as cruel treatment such as torture, mutilation or any form of corporal punishment;\n(b) Collective punishments;\n(c) Taking of hostages;\n(d) Acts of terrorism;\n(e) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, rape, enforced prostitution and any form of indecent assault;\n(f) Pillage;\n(g) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples;\n(h) Threats to commit any of the foregoing acts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. Art. 11 para. 1 2",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2559",
      "affecting_title": "The United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2559",
      "affecting_title": "The United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2012"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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