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.

Part I
General

CHAPTER I
Subject-matter, scope and general principles of international judicial co-operation in criminal matters

Article 7
Refusal on grounds relating to the nature of the offence

2. The following shall not be regarded as political offences :

a) genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and serious offences under the 1949 Geneva Conventions ;