Source: https://casebook.icrc.org/print/20784
Timestamp: 2019-09-19 19:47:19
Document Index: 598703897

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 3', 'Arts 146', 'Art. 3', 'Art. 158', 'Art. 158', 'Art. 3', 'Arts 146', 'Art. 6']

Home > Chile, Prosecution of Osvaldo Romo Mena
1. How does the Court qualify the situation in Chile in 1974? Is this qualification derived from IHL or from Chilean legislation? Did the killing and the torture allegedly committed by the accused violate Art. 3 common to the Conventions [1], even though the victim did not belong to the other party to the non-international armed conflict?
4. Are Arts 146 [2], 147 [3] and 148 of Convention IV [4] applicable to violations of Art. 3 of Convention IV [5]?
a. If the Conventions had been denounced by Chile during the events of 1974, would they be inapplicable to this case? (GC IV, Art. 158 [6])
b. Is Art. 158 of Convention IV [6] applicable to Art. 3 of Convention IV [5]?
a. Do Arts 146 [2] and 147 of Convention IV [3] imply that grave breaches are imprescriptible? Do national laws providing for statutory limitations for grave breaches violate IHL?
b. Do the said Convention articles imply that amnesty may not cover such crimes? Is that compatible with Art. 6(5) of Protocol II [7]? [See also South Africa, AZAPO v. Republic of South Africa [8], and Colombia, Constitutional Conformity of Protocol II [9]]
Source URL: https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/chile-prosecution-osvaldo-romo-mena
[2] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=6F96EE4C7D1E72CAC12563CD0051C63A
[3] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=F8D322BF3C0216B2C12563CD0051C654
[4] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=27430ABFE71A2E92C12563CD0051C668
[6] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=38BF216CC3FB859EC12563CD0051C704
[8] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/south-africa-azapo-v-republic-south-africa