Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p228
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 228/268)
Character Range: 949916–952833

of persons to act or refrain from acting as an explicit or implicit condition for either the safety or the release of the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons are protected under one or more of the Geneva Conventions or under Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions; and
 (e) the perpetrator knows of, or is reckless as to, the factual circumstances that establish that the person or persons are so protected; and
 (f) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(d).

Subdivision E—Other serious war crimes that are committed in the course of an international armed conflict

268.35  War crime—attacking civilians
  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator directs an attack; and
 (b) the object of the attack is a civilian population as such or individual civilians not taking direct part in hostilities; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.

268.36  War crime—attacking civilian objects
  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator directs an attack; and
 (b) the object of the attack is not a military objective; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

268.37  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 I to the Geneva Conventions; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, 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 or Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.
 (3) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(c).

268.38  War crime—excessive incidental