Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p248
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 248/268)
Character Range: 1000372–1003253

attacks one or more buildings, medical units or transports or other objects; and
 (b) the buildings, units or transports or other objects are using, in conformity with the Geneva Conventions or the Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, any of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions; and
 (c) the perpetrator intends the buildings, units or transports or other objects so using such an emblem to be the object of the attack; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.
 (3) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b).

268.79  War crime—attacking personnel or objects involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator directs an attack; and
 (b) the object of the attack is personnel involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; and
 (c) the personnel are entitled to the protection given to civilians under the Geneva Conventions or Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.
 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator directs an attack; and
 (b) the object of the attack is installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; and
 (c) the installations, material, units or vehicles are entitled to the protection given to civilian objects under the Geneva Conventions and Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.
 (3) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(c).

268.80  War crime—attacking protected objects
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator directs an attack; and
 (b) the object of the attack is any one or more of the following that are not military objectives:
 (i) buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes;
 (ii) historic monuments;
 (iii) hospitals or places where the sick and wounded are collected; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.
 (2) The definitions of charitable purpose in subsection 12(1) of the Charities Act 2013 and section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 do not apply