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:
(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. 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.