Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME II - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
TITLE IV - CRIMES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Article 267
(Incitement to war or genocide)
1. A penalty of two to six years' imprisonment shall be imposed as punishment upon anyone who publicly, repeatedly, by any means, incites hatred against a people or an ethnic, racial or religious group, with the intent of destroying that people or that group in whole or in part, or starting a war.
Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME II - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
TITLE IV - CRIMES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Article 268
(Genocide)
A penalty of 15 to 25 years' imprisonment shall be imposed as punishment upon anyone who, as part of the execution of a concerted plan, and with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, religious or other group identified on the basis of some arbitrary criterion, carries out any of the following acts with respect to members of that group:
Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME II - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
TITLE IV - CRIMES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Article 268
(Genocide)
A penalty of 15 to 25 years' imprisonment shall be imposed as punishment upon anyone who, as part of the execution of a concerted plan, and with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, religious or other group identified on the basis of some arbitrary criterion, carries out any of the following acts with respect to members of that group:
(a) homicide or a serious offence against a person's physical or psychological integrity;
(b) deportation, enslavement, or abduction followed by disappearance;
(c) the systematic, thoroughgoing practice of torture or cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment likely to lead to the partial or total destruction of the group;
(d) measures to prevent reproduction or births;
(e) the forcible transfer of children from one group to another.
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;