'Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part' in document 'Portugal: Adaptation of Criminal Legislation '

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter II
Crimes

Section I
Crime of genocide and crimes against humanity

Article 8
Crime of genocide

1. Anyone who commits any of the following acts with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such:

(c) Inflicting on the group conditions of life or cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment likely to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 12 to 25 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