'Genocide' in document 'Kenya - International Crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I—PRELIMINARY

International Crimes

6. (1) A person who, in Kenya or elsewhere, commits -

(a) genocide

is guilty of an offence.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

International Crimes

6. (4) In this section—
"genocide" has the meaning ascribed to it in article 6 of the Rome 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.