'Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part' in document 'Latvia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Special Part

Chapter IX
Crimes against Humanity and Peace, War Crimes and Genocide

Section 71. Genocide

For a person who commits genocide, that is, commits intentional acts for purposes of the destruction in whole or in part of any group of persons identifiable as such by nationality, ethnic origin, race, or a defined religion, by killing members of the group, inflicting upon them physical injuries hazardous to life or health or causing them to become mentally ill, intentionally causing conditions of life for such people as result in their physical destruction in whole or in part, utilising measures the purpose of which is to prevent the birth of children in such group, or transferring children on a compulsory basis from one group of persons into another,
the applicable punishment is life imprisonment or deprivation of liberty for a term of not less than three and not exceeding twenty years.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its
physical destruction in whole or in part