CHAPTER III
SCOPE OF AUTHORITY
Article 4
A Human Rights Court has the task and authority to hear and rule on cases of gross violations of human rights.
CHAPTER III
SCOPE OF AUTHORITY
Article 7
Gross violations of human rights include:
a. the crime of genocide
b. crimes against humanity
CHAPTER III
SCOPE OF AUTHORITY
Article 8
The crime of genocide as referred to in Article 7 section a is any action intended to destroy or exterminate in whole or in part a national group, race, ethnic group, or religious group by:
1. killing members of the group;
2. causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of a group;
3. creating conditions of life that would lead to the physical extermination of the group in whole or in part;
4. imposing measures intended to prevent births within a group; or
5. forcibly transferring children of a particular group to another group.
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;