Between the intercontinental agreements that govern wartime acts are The Hague Conventions, Geneva Conventions and Rome Statute. There are also customary laws, or norms, that aid ascertain what constitutes a war crime, Reinsberg claimed.
The Hague Conventions usually issue the techniques of warfare in between combatants. The Geneva Conventions problem the procedure of civilians, the wounded and prisoners of war.
Not every single violation of these treaties is a war crime, said Tom Dannenbaum, assistant professor of international law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, but “grave breaches” of the treaties are war crimes, he reported.
