Chapter 11 (212/2008)
War crimes and crimes against humanity
Section 5 (212/2008)
War crime
A person who, in connection with a war or another international or domestic armed conflict or occupation, in violation of the Geneva Conventions for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, or relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Finnish Treaty Series 8/1955, Geneva Conventions), or the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts and to the Protection of Victims of NonInternational Armed Conflicts (Finnish Treaty Series 82/1980, Protocols I and II), or other rules and customs of international law on war, armed conflict of occupation,
1) kills another or wounds or tortures him or her, or in violation of his or her interests mutilates him or her or subjects him or her to a biological, medical or scientific experiment, or in another manner causes him or her great suffering or a serious injury or seriously harms his or her health,
2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:
(e) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(ix) Killing or wounding treacherously a combatant adversary;