Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group

Timor-Leste

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK II
SPECIAL PART

TITLE I
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND HUMANITY

CHAPTER I
CRIMES OF GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Article 123. Genocide

1. Any person who, with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, commits any of the following :

b) By whatever means, acts that prevent members of the group from procreating or giving birth ;

Rome Statute

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:

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;