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(2) any other superior, in as much as the crimes arose
from activities within the effective authority and control of that
superior.
(s) “Torture” means the intentional infliction of severe
(4) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property
not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully
and wantonly;
(5) Willfully depriving a prisoner of war or other
pain or suffering, whether physical, mental, or psychological,
upon a person in the custody or under the control of the
protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial;
arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful
or unlawful confinement;
accused; except that torture shall not include pain orsuffering
sanctions.
(t) “Works and installations containing dangerous forces”
means works and installations the attack of which may cause
the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses
among the civilian population, namely: dams, dikes, and
nuclear, electrical generation stations.
CHAPTER ITI
Crimes AGAINST INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN Law,
GENOCIDE AND OTHER Crimes AGainst HUMANITY
SEC. 4. War Crimes. — For the purpose of this Act, “war
crimes” or “crimes against International Humanitarian Law”
means:
(6) Arbitrary deportation or forcible transfer of population
(7) Taking of hostages;
(8) Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person
to serve in the forces of a hostile power; and
(9) Unjustifiable delay in the repatriation of prisoners of
war or other protected persons.
(b) In case of a non-international armed conflict, serious
violations of common Article 3 to the four (4) Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following
acts committed against persons taking no active part in the
hostilities, including members of the armed forces who have
laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by
sickness, wounds, detention or any other cause:
(1) Violence to life and person, in particular, willful
(a) In case of an international armed conflict, grave
killings, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
namely, any of the following acts against persons or property
protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva
particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;
breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
Convention:
(1) Willful killing;
(2) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological
experiments;
(3) Willfully causing great suffering, or serious injury
to body or health;
(2) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in
(8) Taking of hostages; and
(4) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of
executions. without previous judgment pronounced by a
regularly constituted court, affording all judicial guarantees
which are generally recognized as indispensable.
(c) Other serious violations of the laws and customs
applicable in armed conflict, within the established framework
of international law, namely: