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Timestamp: 2013-05-25 16:37:38
Document Index: 529215719

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art.7', 'Art.8', 'Art.2', 'Art.5', 'Art.3', 'Art.4', 'Art.2', 'Art.3', 'Art.5', 'Art.6']

Preventing Torture through investigation and documentation - Statutes of International Court and Ad-hoc Tribunals
Legal Instruments & Mechanisms Complaint Mechanisms and Legal Proceedings International Mechanisms Statutes of International Court and Ad-hoc Tribunals Statutes of International Court and Ad-hoc Tribunals
The Statutes of the different Courts, tribunals and Chambers listed hereafter define the competence ratione materiae of these bodies. All statutes specifically provide for the prosecution of acts of torture and other inhuman treatment either 1) as crimes against humanity when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population and/or 2) as war crimes consisting in a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions and committed against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention.
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court – ICC
Art.7 (crimes against humanity) and Art.8 (war crimes)
The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia – ICTY
Art.2 (grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions) and Art.5 (crimes against humanity committed in armed conflicts against civilian population)
The Statute for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda – ICTR Art.3 (crimes against humanity) and Art.4 (Violations of Article 3 Common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II)
Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone – SCSL Art.2 (crimes against humanity) and Art.3 (Violations of Article 3 Common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II)
Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the prosecution of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea – ECCC Art.5 (crimes against humanity) and Art.6 (grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions)