'Genocide' in document 'Dominica - Genocide Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

2. (2) A person guilty of an offence of genocide is liable on conviction on indictment —

(a) if the offence consists of the killing of any person, to imprisonment for life ;
(b) in any other case, to imprisonment for fourteen years.

3. (1) There shall be deemed to be included—

(a) in the list of extradition crimes contained in Schedule 1 to the Extradition Act 1870 ; and
(b) among the descriptions of offences set out in the Schedule to the Extradition Act, any offence of genocide and (so far as not so included by virtue of the foregoing) any attempt or conspiracy to commit such an offence and any direct and public incitement to commit such an offence.

SCHEDULE

ARTICLE II OF GENOCIDE CONVENTION

In the present Convention, 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 ;
(f) the use of any biological or microbial agent or toxin, or of any weapon, equipment or means of delivery designed to use biological or microbial agents, that has no justification for prophylactic protective or other peaceful purposes.

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.