Difference between revisions of "Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court"

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'''Article 5: Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of the Court'''
 
'''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:
 
*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;
 
(a)    The crime of genocide;
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*2.        The Court shall exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression once a provision is adopted in accordance with articles 121 and 123 defining the crime and setting out the conditions under which the Court shall exercise jurisdiction with respect to this crime. Such a provision shall be consistent with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
 
*2.        The Court shall exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression once a provision is adopted in accordance with articles 121 and 123 defining the crime and setting out the conditions under which the Court shall exercise jurisdiction with respect to this crime. Such a provision shall be consistent with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
  
===Article 6: Genocide===
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'''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:
 
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:
  
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(e)    Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
 
(e)    Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
  
===Article 7: Crimes Against Humanity===
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'''Article 7: Crimes Against Humanity'''
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*1.        For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
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(a)    Murder;
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(b)    Extermination;
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(c)    Enslavement;
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(d)    Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
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(e)    Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
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(f)    Torture;
  
1.        For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
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(g)    Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
*(a)    Murder;
 
*(b)    Extermination;
 
*(c)    Enslavement;
 
*(d)    Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
 
*(e)    Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
 
*(f)    Torture;
 
*(g)    Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
 
 
*(h)    Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
 
*(h)    Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
 
*(i)    Enforced disappearance of persons;
 
*(i)    Enforced disappearance of persons;

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