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0102 Attempted intentional homicide
Attempt to inflict unlawful death upon a
person with the intent to cause death or
serious injury.
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Exclusions: death due to legal
interventions; justifiable homicide in
self-defence; 14 (0102) attempted
intentional homicide; (0103) nonintentional homicide, (01031) nonnegligent or involuntary
manslaughter; (0104) assisting
suicide or instigating suicide; (0105)
euthanasia.
Inclusions:15 Attempted murder;
attempt to inflict death as a result of
terrorist activities; attempted
femicide; attempted extrajudicial
killings/extra-legal, summary or
arbitrary executions.
Exclusions: All inclusions to 0101
110131 Unlawfully killing, causing or
intending to cause death or serious
injury associated with armed conflict
Acts that result in death or serious injury,
or intend to cause death or serious injury
in violation of the laws and customs
applicable in armed conflict as expressed
in the Rome Statute and the Geneva
Conventions (1949).
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Inclusions:16 wilful killing; wilfully
causing great suffering or serious
injury to body or health; unlawful
killing of civilians by parties to an
armed conflict; intentionally using
starvation of civilians as a method of
warfare; subjecting persons to
physical mutilation of
medical/scientific experiments that
are not justified or in the person’s
interests; wilful killing of protected
persons (civilians, prisoners of war
and members of armed forces
placed hors de combat);17
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These particular grounds for exclusion should only be applied on the basis of a determination made by
relevant judicial or quasi-judicial bodies at national and international levels.
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Changes to ICCS legal exclusions: deleted attempted infanticide and added attempted extrajudicial
killings/extralegal killings or abitrary executions
16 Changes to ICCS legal inclusions: deleted killing or wounding a combatant who has laid down arms and has
surrendered; killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army; declaring
that no quarter will be given; added killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile
nation or army; declaring that no quarter will be given; wilful killing of protected persons (civilians, prisoners of
war and members of armed forces placed hors de combat); crossfire/non-targeted deaths, or death in the
course of undertaking dangerous assignments, or deaths resulting from indiscriminate and/or
disproportionate attacks carried out by parties to an armed conflict
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For international armed conflict: Geneva Convention I art.50; Geneva Convention II art. 51; Geneva
Convention III art. 130; Geneva Convention IV art. 147 and Additional Protocol I art. 75(2)(a)(i). For noninternational armed conflict: Common art. 3 of the Geneva Conventions; and Additional Protocol II art. 4(2)(a).
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