Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia:Article 4 Genocide

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Article 4 Genocide

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 25-05-1993

Bronpublicatie:: 25-05-1993, Internet 1993, www.icty.org (uitgifte: 25-05-1993, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 25-05-1993
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 25-05-1993, Internet 1993, www.icty.org (uitgifte: 25-05-1993, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal strafrecht / Internationale tribunalen

1.

The International Tribunal shall have the power to prosecute persons committing genocide as defined in paragraph 2 of this article or of committing any of the other acts enumerated in paragraph 3 of this article.

2.

Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(a): killing members of the group;
(b): causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c): deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d): imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e): forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

3.

The following acts shall be punishable:

(a): genocide;
(b): conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c): direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d): attempt to commit genocide;
(e): complicity in genocide.