### Question
How does CRIMES define grave breach of common Article 3?


### Answer
Under *18 U.S.C. § 2441*, **grave breach of common Article 3** is defined as:

> any conduct (such conduct constituting a grave breach of common Article 3 of the international conventions done at Geneva August 12, 1949), as follows:


(A) Torture.—The act of a person who commits, or conspires or attempts to commit, an act specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control for the purpose of obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation, coercion, or any reason based on discrimination of any kind

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 2441*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 118-WAR CRIMES**

