International Criminal Court origins, purpose, part three

By Esther Carenza (October 19, 2022, 11:53 AM EDT) -- War crimes are defined as grave breaches of Geneva Conventions and other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict. The definition further extends to conflicts in the form of international armed conflict and in those conflicts “not of an international character” when they are committed as part of a plan or policy or on a large scale, listed in the Statute, Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court....