Offences within Canada

Article 4

Genocide, etc., committed in Canada

Definitions

3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

“"crime against humanity" means murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution or any other inhumane act or omission that is committed against any civilian population or any identifiable group and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes a crime against humanity according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission. (crime contre l’humanité).

Offences outside Canada

Article 6

Offences committed outside Canada

Definitions

(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

“"crime against humanity ” means murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution or any other inhumane act or omission that is committed against any civilian population or any identifiable group and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes a crime against humanity according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission.

Provisions of the Rome Statute

Article 7

Crimes against humanity

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:

(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;

Provisions of the Rome Statute

Article 7

Crimes against Humanity

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:

(g) “ "persecution”" means the intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental rights contrary to international law by reason of the identity of the group or collectivity;