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Extermination;
Enslavement;
Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
Enforced disappearance of persons;
Imprisonment in violation of fundamental rules of
international law;
Torture;
Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced
pregnancy and enforced sterilization; and
Persecution against any identifiable group on
political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious,
gender or other grounds. 212
War crimes: international armed conflict
War crimes are recognized in the Rome Statute as conduct that
occurs as part of a systematic plan or policy for widespread
commission of these crimes. In the context of international
armed conflicts, war crimes that may also amount to crimes
against women include:
Wilful killing;
Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological
experiments;
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body
or health;
Committing outrages upon personal dignity, including
humiliating and degrading treatment; and
Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced
pregnancy, enforced sterilization and other forms of
sexual violence. 213
War crimes: non-international armed conflict
In non-international armed conflicts (typically civil wars), the
following crimes are recognized:
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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 7.
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Ibid, Article 8(a) and (b).