Preserving Information for International Criminal Convictions: A Pocket Guide for Journalists Centre for Law and Democracy

Preserving Information for International Criminal Convictions: A Pocket Guide for Journalists Centre for Law and Democracy Atrocity Crimes Genocide Any of five enumerated acts (killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm, forcible transfers of children, preventing births, or inflicting conditions designed to bring about the physical destruction of a group, in whole or in part) when done with t. [...] Examples of International Crimes against Journalists and the Media Attacks Intentionally directing an attack at journalists or other civilians who are not directly participating in hostilities Intentionally directing an attack at media infrastructure or other civilian objects (objects which are not military objectives) ■ Only applicable if the targeted object had not been transformed into a milita. [...] Also relevant here is information about the context of the attack, such as whether the area was heavily or sparsely populated. [...] ■ How much harm was caused to civilian infrastructure, civilians or the environment? Does that appear to be excessive compared to the military advantage that was or could have been gained? Was any harm inflicted on military targets (if there were any)? ■ Do any precautions appear to have been taken before the attack to mitigate risks to civilians, such as advance surveillance of the area or warnin. [...] To cover cases where committed, such as the use of non-precision evidence is excluded on this basis, it is helpful weapons in a densely populated civilian to collect different kinds of information neighbourhood establishing the same fact.