Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Legal value of the elements of crime; 3. General Introduction adopted by the PrepCom; 4. Introduction to elements of war crimes listed in Art. 8 of the Rome Statute; 5. Article 8 Paragraph 2 (a) ICC Statute: Grave Breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions; 6. Article 8 Paragraph 2 (b) ICC Statute: Other Serious Violations of the Laws and customs Applicable in International Armed Conflict; 7. Article 8 Paragraph 2 (c) ICC Statute: Violations of Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions; 8. Article 8 Paragraph 2 (e) ICC Statute: Other Serious Violations of the Laws and Customs Applicable in Armed Conflicts not of an International Character; Annexes; Table of case law.