Crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

War crimes

War crimes include torture, mutilation, corporal punishment, hostage taking and acts of terrorism. This category also covers violations of human dignity such as rape and forced prostitution, looting and execution without trial. War crimes, unlike crimes against humanity, are always committed in times of war.

• Genocide

• This includes all acts committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic or religious group.

• Crimes against humanity

  Crimes against humanity are acts committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, such as murder, deportation, torture and rape. The ICC prosecutes the perpetrators even if the crimes were not committed in times of war.
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• Source: Government of the Netherlands.