'Intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group' in document 'Ghana - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

CHAPTER 2—CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND SIMILAR OFFENCES

Murder and Manslaughter, Etc.

Section 49A—Genocide.

(2) A person commits genocide where with intent to destroy, in whole or in part any national, ethnical, racial or religious group

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:
(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.