Chapter II Definition of Terms
Section 3. For purposes of this Act, the term:
(c) "Armed conflict" means any use of force or armed violence between States or a protracted armed violence between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups within that State: Provided, That such force or armed violence gives rise, or may give rise, to a situation to which the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, including their common Article 3, apply. Armed conflict may be international, that is, between two (2) or more States, including belligerent occupation; or non-international, that is, between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups within a state. It does not cover internal disturbances or tensions such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence or other acts of a similar nature.
2. A los efectos del presente Estatuto, se entiende por "crímenes de guerra":
(f) El párrafo 2 e) del presente artículo se aplica a los conflictos armados que no son de índole internacional, y, por consiguiente, no se aplica a las situaciones de tensiones internas y de disturbios interiores, tales como los motines, los actos esporádicos y aislados de violencia u otros actos análogos. Se aplica a los conflictos armados que tienen lugar en el territorio de un Estado cuando existe un conflicto armado prolongado entre las autoridades gubernamentales y grupos armados organizados o entre tales grupos.