"They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire,
and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace."
~ Tacitus
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US Law Concerning War Crimes
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 118 > § 2441
§ 2441. War crimes
(a)
Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits
a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b),
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of
years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be
subject to the penalty of death.
(b) Circumstances.— The
circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that the person
committing such war crime or the victim of such war crime is a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States or a national of the United
States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act).
(c) Definition.— As used in this section the term “war crime” means any conduct—
(1)
defined as a grave breach in any of the international conventions
signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to
which the United States is a party;
(2) prohibited by Article 23,
25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting the
Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18 October 1907;
(3)
which constitutes a violation of common Article 3 of the international
conventions signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such
convention to which the United States is a party and which deals with
non-international armed conflict; or
(4) of a person who, in
relation to an armed conflict and contrary to the provisions of the
Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines,
Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996
(Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996), when the United States is a
party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to
civilians.
(read less)"They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire,
and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace."
~ Tacitus
_______________________________________
US Law Concerning War Crimes
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 118 > § 2441
§ 2441. War crimes
(a)
Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits
a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b),
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of
years,...
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