unlawful confinement

Unlawful confinement is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court .

The crime has the following elements :

  • The perpetrator confined a victim or victims;
  • Those victims were protected under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 ;
  • The confinement was associated with an international armed conflict.

See also: false imprisonment

[Last reviewed in June of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team ]

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