Article 2 Genocide

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 08-11-1994

Bronpublicatie:: 08-11-1994, Internet 1994, www.un.org (uitgifte: 08-11-1994, regelingnummer: 955(1994))
Inwerkingtreding: 08-11-1994
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 08-11-1994, Internet 1994, www.un.org (uitgifte: 08-11-1994, regelingnummer: 955(1994))
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal strafrecht / Internationale tribunalen

1.

The International Tribunal for Rwanda 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.