The Special Part
Title I
Crimes and delicts against persons
Chapter I
Crimes against humankind
Genocide
Art.172 – (1) The commission of one of the following acts in order to completely or partly destroy a community or a national, ethnic, racial or religious group :
• a) killing of the members of the community or group ;
b) serious infringement upon the physical or mental integrity of the members of the community or group ;
c) subjection of the community or group to living conditions or treatment likely to lead to physical destruction ;
d) taking measures tending to hinder births in the community or group ;
e) forced transfer of children belonging to a community or group into another community or group,
shall be punished by life detention or severe detention from 15 to 25 years and the prohibition of certain rights.
(2) Agreement in order to commit the offence of genocide shall be punished by severe detention from 15 to 20 years and the prohibition of certain rights.
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.
2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:
(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.