War crime

Act constituting a serious violation of laws of war

War crime is defined as 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;

Aftermath of the Malmedy massacre in 1944, when Nazi soldiers massacred American prisoners of war.

• (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 grave breach of common Article 3 when committed in the context of and in association with an armed conflict not of an international character; 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, when the United States is a party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians.

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