THIRD SCHEDULE
GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR DATED THE 12TH AUGUST, 1949
PART III – CAPTIVITY
SECTION VI – RELATIONS BETWEEN PRISONERS OF WAR AND THE AUTHORITIES
CHAPTER III – PENAL AND DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS
III – JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Article 99 – Essential Rules
I. General principles
No prisoner of war may be tried or sentenced for an act which is not forbidden by the law of the Detaining Power or by International Law, in force at the time the said act was committed.
No moral or physical coercion may be exerted on a prisoner of war in order to induce him to admit himself guilty of the act of which he is accused.
No prisoner of war may be convicted without having had an opportunity to present his defence and the assistance of a qualified advocate or counsel.
THIRD SCHEDULE
GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR DATED THE 12TH AUGUST, 1949
PART VI – EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION
SECTION I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 130
II. Grave breaches
Grave breaches to which the preceding Article relates shall be those involving any of the following acts, if committed against persons or property protected by the Convention: wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, compelling a prisoner of war to serve in the forces of the hostile Power, or wilfully depriving a prisoner of war of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in this Convention.
PART I—PRELIMINARY
International Crimes
6. (4) In this section—
"war crime" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2 of article 8 of the Rome Statute.
2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(vi) Wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial;