Appendix I: Statute of the International Tribunal
| Published date | 01 December 1993 |
| Date | 01 December 1993 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/016934419301100413 |
| Subject Matter | Part C: Appendices |
unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement of a civilian;
taking civilians as hostages.
Part C: Appendices
Appendix I
Statute
of
the International Tribunal
Having been established by the Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter
of the United Nations, the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (hereinafter referred to as 'the
International Tribunal') shall function in accordance with the provisions of the present
Statute.
Article 1
Competence
of
the International Tribunal
The International Tribunal shall have the power to prosecute persons responsible for
serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the
former Yugoslavia since 1991 in accordance with the provisions of the present Statute.
Article 2
Grave breaches
of
the Geneva Conventions
of
1949
The International Tribunal shall have the power to prosecute persons committing or
ordering to be committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
namely the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of
the relevant Geneva Convention:
(a) wilful killing;
(b) torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;
(c) wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health;
(d) extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military
necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly;
(e) compelling a prisoner of war or a civilian to serve in the forces of a hostile
power;
(f) wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or a civilian of the rights of fair and regular
trial;
(g)
(h)
Article 3
Violations
of
the laws or customs
of
war
The International Tribunal shall have the power to prosecute persons violating the laws
or customs of war. Such violations shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) employment of poisonous weapons or other weapons calculated to cause
unnecessary suffering;
(b) wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by
military necessity;
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