Genocide

Cyprus

Cyprus - Amendment to Law ratifying Rome Statute 2006 EN

2. Section 2 of the basic law is amended by the addition, in proper alphabetical order, of the following terms and their definitions:
"genocide" means any of the acts specified in article 6 of the Rome Statute

4.-(1) Any person who commits genocide or crime against humanity or a war crime is guilty of felony punishable by life imprisonment.
2)( a) Any person who commits any act related to an offence contrary to sub-section (1) of the present section is guilty of a felony punishable by life imprisonment.

Rome Statute

Article 5 Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court

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;