Practice question
What comparative harm threshold appears in Rome Statute Article8(2)(b)(iv) for its specified international-armed-conflict war crime?
- Clearly excessive in relation to the stated anticipated military advantage
- Any harm regardless of circumstances
- Only harm greater than the attacker’s financial cost
- Equal casualties on both sides
- A majority vote of the attacking unit
Legal references
- Additional ProtocolI Article57: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-57 Article57(2)(c),(3).
- Rome Statute: https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/99_corr/cstatute.htm Article8(2)(b)(iv).
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