grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions

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international crime legal concept violation of international humanitarian law war crime

Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions are the most serious violations of international humanitarian law in armed conflict, such as willful killing, torture, or inhuman treatment of protected persons, that entail individual criminal responsibility under international law.

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Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international crime ⓘ legal concept ⓘ violation of international humanitarian law ⓘ war crime ⓘ
aimsToProtect	civilians in time of war ⓘ prisoners of war ⓘ shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea ⓘ wounded and sick members of armed forces ⓘ
appliesTo	armed conflict ⓘ international armed conflict ⓘ
characterizedBy	biological experiments ⓘ compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power ⓘ depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial ⓘ extensive destruction and appropriation of property not justified by military necessity ⓘ inhuman treatment ⓘ intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects ⓘ intentionally directing attacks against humanitarian relief personnel ⓘ intentionally directing attacks against medical units ⓘ intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population ⓘ making the civilian population or individual civilians the object of attack ⓘ perfidy leading to death or serious injury ⓘ taking of hostages ⓘ torture ⓘ unjustifiable delay in the repatriation of prisoners of war or civilians ⓘ unlawful confinement of protected persons ⓘ unlawful deportation or transfer of protected persons ⓘ willful killing ⓘ willfully causing great suffering ⓘ willfully causing serious injury to body or health ⓘ
definedIn	Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention I NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention II NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention III NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcedBy	international criminal tribunals ⓘ national courts ⓘ
entails	individual criminal responsibility ⓘ
legalBasis	Additional Protocol I Articles 11 and 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention I Article 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention II Article 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention III Article 130 NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Convention IV Article 147 NERFINISHED ⓘ
obliges	High Contracting Parties to bring alleged offenders before their own courts ⓘ High Contracting Parties to hand alleged offenders over for trial to another High Contracting Party ⓘ High Contracting Parties to search for persons alleged to have committed them NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Geneva Conventions enforcement regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
punishableBy	criminal prosecution ⓘ
relatedTo	war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
requires	intentional or willful conduct ⓘ nexus to an armed conflict ⓘ protected persons status of victims ⓘ
subjectTo	universal jurisdiction ⓘ

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Trial Chambers → triesCrimes → grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ

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