Georgia

Law of Georgia on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Georgia

Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:

5. Article 408 shall be drafted as follows:
ā€¯Article 408. Crimes against Humanity
Crime against humanity means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, expressed in murder, massive extermination, serious injury to body or health, deportation, forced confinement, torture, rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, persecution against any identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender or other grounds, the crime of apartheid, other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health,
Shall be punishable by imprisonment for the period from eight to twenty years or life imprisonment.

Keywords

Crimes against humanity
Persecution - crimes against humanity
Apartheid - crimes against humanity
Civilian population - crimes against humanity
Deportation of population - crimes against humanity
Enforced prostitution - crimes against humanity
Enforced sterilisation - crimes against humanity
Extermination - crimes against humanity
Forced pregnancy - crimes against humanity
Imprisonment - crimes against humanity
Murder - crimes against humanity
Other inhumane acts - 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
Rape - crimes against humanity
Severe deprivation of physical liberty - crimes against humanity
Sexual slavery - crimes against humanity
Torture - crimes against humanity
Widespread or systematic attack - crimes against humanity
National penalties - crimes against humanity
National penalties - life imprisonment
National penalties - national proceedings



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