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Adaptation of Criminal Legislation to ICC Statute

Chapter II
Crimes

Section I
Crime of genocide and crimes against humanity

Article 9
Crimes against humanity

Anyone who commits any of the following acts as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population:

(h) Persecution, which means deprivation of a group or collectivity of fundamental rights, contrary to international law, such group or collectivity being identifiable on political, racial, national, ethnic. cultural, religious, gender or other grounds that are generally recognised as impermissible under international law;

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

Keywords

Persecution - crimes against humanity
Persecution against any identifiable collectivity on other grounds universally recognised as impermissible under international law - crimes against humanity
Persecution against any identifiable collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, or gender grounds - crimes against humanity
Persecution against any identifiable group on other grounds universally recognised as impermissible under international law - crimes against humanity
Persecution against any identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, or gender grounds - crimes against humanity



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