'Incitement to genocide' in document 'Korea - ICC crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 2 Punishment of Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court

Article 8 (Genocide)

1. The act of causing serious physical or mental harm to a member or members of the group.
2. The act of inflicting on the group conditions of life deliberately calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.

Any person who instigates offences in paragraph (1) and (2) shall be subject to imprisonment for no less than 5 years.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(e) In respect of the crime of genocide, directly and publicly incites others to commit genocide