The Special Part

Title I
Crimes and delicts against persons

Chapter I
Crimes against humankind

Other crimes against humankind

Art.175 – (1) Commission, during a generalised or systematic attack launched against the civil population, of any of the following acts :

i) discrimination of any group or any community for political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious or sexual reasons ;

Article 7
Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(g) ‘Persecution’ means the intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental
rights contrary to international law by reason of the identity of the group
or collectivity;