Genocide

Denmark

Denmark - Act No 132 concerning the punishment of genocide 1955 EN

§ 1. Whoever with the intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such,

(a) kills members of the group,
(b) causes serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,
(c) deliberately inflicts on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,
(d) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group,
(e) forcibly transfers children of the group to another group,

is punishable for genocide by imprisonment for life or for a time not less than 16 years.

§ 2 Attempt and complicity in the acts enumerated in § 1 shall be punished according to chapter 4 of the civil criminal code.

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;