PART 1
OFFENCES

1 Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

(1) It shall be an offence for a person to commit genocide, a crime against humanity or a war crime.

PART 1
OFFENCES

1 Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

(4) In subsection (1) above—
"genocide" means an act of genocide as defined in article 6 ;

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.