'Genocide' in document 'Australia: ICC Act (2002)'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

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crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC means:

(a) an international crime; or

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international crime means a crime in respect of which the ICC has jurisdiction under article 5 of the Statute.

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In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

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crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC means:

an international crime; or
an offence against the administration of the ICC’s justice.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 1—Preliminary

4 Definitions
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

...

crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC means:

an international crime; or
an offence against the administration of the ICC’s justice.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 1—Preliminary

4 Definitions

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

international crime means a crime in respect of which the ICC has jurisdiction under article 5 of the Statute.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 5
Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court
1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall be limited to the most serious crimes of concern to the
international community as a whole. The Court has jurisdiction in accordance with this Statute
with respect to the following crimes:
(a) The crime of genocide

Article 6
Genocide
For the purpose of this Statute, "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.