'National penalties - genocide' in document 'Armenia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Special Part

Section 13.

Crimes against peace and human security

Chapter 33.

Crimes against peace and human security

Article 393. Genocide.

The actions aimed at the complete or partial extermination of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups by means of killing the members of this group , inflicting severe damage to their health , violently preventing them from childbearing , enforced hand-over of children , violent re-population, or physical elimination of the members of this group , are punished with imprisonment for the term of 13 to 15 years or with life sentence.