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:

(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily harm to members of the group;
(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;
(d) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group;
(e) Imposing measures intended to prevent procreation or births within the group;

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

2. Anyone who, publicly and directly, incites others to commit genocide shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 2 to 8 years.

3. Consent with a view to the commission of genocide shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 1 to 5 years.

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.