Article 407 – Genocide

Genocide, i.e. an act committed in order to accomplish an agreed plan to annihilate, in full or in part, a group the members of which are united by national, ethnic, racial, religious or any other signs and where such action has been manifested in the murder, serious harm to health, intentional creation of hard living conditions for the group members, or in the forced reduction of their birth-rate or the forced transfer of children from one ethnic group to another, –

shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of twelve to twenty years or by life imprisonment.

Chapter III
Jurisdiction of the International Court


Article 6. Determination of jurisdiction and jurisdictional disputes

1. the International Court shall have the jurisdiction over crimes committed on the territory of Georgia and falling within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the International Court according to the Statute. If the International Court considers that it has jurisdiction over a specific offence, the Responsible Agency may, after consulting with prosecution bodies determined by the Georgian Code of Criminal Procedure, accept the request of International Court or challenge the jurisdiction of the International Court in accordance with Article 19 of the Statute.