'Intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group' 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 6
An article 136 bis shall be inserted into Title I bis of Book II of the same Code and shall read as follows:

“Article 136 bis
The crime of genocide, as defined below, whether committed in peacetime or wartime, constitutes a crime under international law and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Title. In accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, and without prejudice to the provisions of criminal law applicable to offences of negligence, the crime of genocide shall mean any of the acts listed below, committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such

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.