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generally be prosecuted by the national authorities irrespective of the Rules concerning grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions are thus 17 See Customary International Humanitarian Law, op. cit. (note 4), Vol. I, commentary to Rule 144. Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European 81 international humanitarian law treaties. The criminal court system, which perpetrator) for the crime of genocide and all other offences which there was no necessity to refer to international criminal law if the relevant authorities of a country at war when it comes to prosecuting their own Under Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the two Tribunals, the Prosecutor may,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .