Article 8 of the Rome Statute

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Article 8 of the Rome Statute defines and codifies the international crime of war crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty ⓘ
adoptedWith Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
adoptionDate 17 July 1998 ⓘ
adoptionPlace Rome ⓘ
appliesTo armed conflicts not of an international character ⓘ
armed conflicts of an international character ⓘ
bindingOn States Parties to the Rome Statute ⓘ
codifies war crimes under international law ⓘ
defines war crimes ⓘ
distinguishesBetween international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate 1 July 2002 ⓘ
includes committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment ⓘ
conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years into armed forces or groups ⓘ
employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and analogous liquids, materials or devices ⓘ
employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body ⓘ
employing poison or poisoned weapons ⓘ
enforced prostitution as a war crime ⓘ
enforced sterilization as a war crime ⓘ
extensive destruction and appropriation of property not justified by military necessity ⓘ
forced pregnancy as a war crime ⓘ
intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects ⓘ
intentionally directing attacks against personnel or objects involved in humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping missions ⓘ
intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population ⓘ
intentionally launching disproportionate attacks causing incidental loss of civilian life or injury ⓘ
killing or wounding a combatant who has surrendered or is hors de combat ⓘ
other forms of sexual violence as war crimes ⓘ
rape as a war crime ⓘ
sexual slavery as a war crime ⓘ
taking of hostages as a war crime ⓘ
torture or inhuman treatment as a war crime ⓘ
using children under the age of 15 years to participate actively in hostilities ⓘ
wilful killing as a war crime ⓘ
influencedBy Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions

customary international humanitarian law ⓘ
interpretedInAccordanceWith Elements of Crimes adopted by the Assembly of States Parties ⓘ
linked to: Elements of Crimes
jurisdictionOf International Criminal Court ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalNature substantive criminal law provision ⓘ
lists grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character ⓘ
other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict ⓘ
serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
locatedInPart Part 2 of the Rome Statute ⓘ
Part 2: Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Applicable Law ⓘ
partOf Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
providesFor conditions for ICC jurisdiction over war crimes ⓘ
definition of war crimes ⓘ
elements of war crimes ⓘ
requires that war crimes be committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission for ICC jurisdiction over some crimes ⓘ
subjectMatter international criminal law ⓘ
law of armed conflict ⓘ
war crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

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Kampala Amendments → modifies → Article 8 of the Rome Statute ⓘ
Common Article 3 → inspired → Article 8(2)(c) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
linked to: Article 8 of the Rome Statute