War crime—wilfully causing great suffering
268.28 War crime—wilfully causing great suffering
A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
the perpetrator causes great physical or mental pain or suffering to, or serious injury to body or health of, one or more persons; and
the person or persons are protected under one or more of the Geneva Conventions or under Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions; and
the perpetrator knows of, or is reckless as to, the factual circumstances that establish that the person or persons are so protected; and
the perpetrator’s conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.
Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).
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