Genocide

Ghana

Ghana - Criminal Code 1960 EN

PART II—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

CHAPTER 2—CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND SIMILAR OFFENCES

Murder and Manslaughter, Etc.

Section 49A—Genocide.

(1) Whoever commits genocide shall on conviction be sentenced to death.

(2) A person commits genocide where with intent to destroy, in whole or in part any national, ethnical, racial or religious group he—

(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 its physical destruction in whole or in part ;
(d) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group ; or
(e) forcibly transfers children of the group to another group.

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;