Geneva Conventions (IV), Article 147 – Defines ‘Extensive Destruction…Of Property, Not Justified By Military Necessity And Carried Out Unlawfully…As A ‘Grave Breach’…And Therefore Is A War Crime’

Article 147 – 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 present Convention: wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement of a protected person, compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power, or wilfully depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in the present Convention, taking of hostages and extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly.

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https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-147

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