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In relation to the requirement that the perpetrator have knowledge of the widespread or systemic attack against the civilian population, this does not mean that the perpetrator has to have “knowledge of all characteristics of the attack or the precise details of the plan or policy of the State or organization”; rather this part of the mental requirement can be satisfied if they “intended to furthe. [...] Article 12 of the Rome Statute establishes the following conditions for the Court to exercise jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide: the crimes were committed on the territory of a State Party to the Rome Statute (or a ship or aircraft registered in that State), the crimes were committed by nationals of a State party, the situation has been referred to the ICC by the U. [...] non-military objectives) is included as a war crime under the Rome Statute.33 In the absence of a definition of “attacks” in the Rome Statute, the ICC has used the definition found in Article 49(1) of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, namely “acts of violence against the adversary, whether in offence or in defence”.34 Not every instance of a civilian being seriously injured or k. [...] A series of three meetings of a panel of international experts under the auspices of the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN were dedicated to examining the application of the Rome Statute to cyberwarfare in 2020 and 2021. [...] In a 2014 position paper, the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor asserted that this definition “acknowledges the social construction of gender, and the accompanying roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes assigned to women and men, and to girls and boys”.97 As with other forms of persecution, it is sufficient that the persecutor identify the victim as a member of the group even if the victim doe.