'Apartheid - crimes against humanity' in document 'Belgium: Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law '

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER II AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE
Article 7
An article 136 ter shall be inserted into the same Title and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 ter
Crimes against humanity, as defined below, whether committed in peacetime or wartime, constitute crimes under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title. In accordance with the Statute of the International Criminal Court, crimes against humanity shall mean any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, and with knowledge of the attack:
(10) the crime of apartheid

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(j) The crime of apartheid

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(h) ‘The crime of apartheid’ means inhumane acts of a character similar to
those referred to in paragraph 1, committed in the context of an
institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one
racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the
intention of maintaining that regime;