Offences within Canada
Article 4
Genocide, etc., committed in Canada
(1) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence who commits
(b) a crime against humanity; or
Offences within Canada
Article 4
Genocide, etc., committed in Canada
Definitions
3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.
“"crime against humanity" means murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution or any other inhumane act or omission that is committed against any civilian population or any identifiable group and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes a crime against humanity according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission. (crime contre l’humanité).
Offences committed outside Canada
Article 6
Genocide, etc., committed outside Canada
(1) Every person who, either before or after the coming into force of this section, commits outside Canada
(b) a crime against humanity, or
is guilty of an indictable offence and may be prosecuted for that offence in accordance
Offences outside Canada
Article 6
Offences committed outside Canada
Definitions
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.
“"crime against humanity ” means murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution or any other inhumane act or omission that is committed against any civilian population or any identifiable group and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes a crime against humanity according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission.
Provisions of the Rome Statute
Article 7
Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, “"crime against humanity”" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(a) murder;
(b) extermination;
(c) enslavement;
(d) deportation or forcible transfer of population;
(e) imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
(f) torture;
(g) rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
(h) persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
(i) enforced disappearance of persons;
(j) the crime of apartheid;
(k) other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.
Criminal Code of Canada
PART XIV- JURISDICTION - GENERAL
469. Every court of criminal jurisdiction has jurisdiction to try an indictable offence other than
(c.1) an offence under any of sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War
Crimes Act;
PART 1 Immigration to Canada
DIVISION 4 Inadmissibility
35. (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of violating human or international rights for
(a) committing an act outside Canada that constitutes an offence referred to in sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;
(b) being a prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the Minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsections 6(3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act; or
(c) being a person, other than a permanent resident, whose entry into or stay in Canada is restricted pursuant to a decision, resolution or measure of an international organization of states or association of states, of which Canada is a member, that imposes sanctions on a country against which Canada has im¬posed or has agreed to impose sanctions in concert with that organization or association.
PART 1Immigration to Canada
DIVISION 6 Detention and Release
55 (3) A permanent resident or a foreign national may, on entry into Canada, be detained if an officer
(b) has reasonable grounds to suspect that the permanent resident or the foreign nation¬al is inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality, criminality or organized criminality.
PART 1 Immigration to Canada
DIVISION 6 Detention and Release
58 (1) The Immigration Division shall order the release of a permanent resident or a foreign national unless it is satisfied, taking into account prescribed factors, that
(c) the Minister is taking necessary steps to inquire into a reasonable suspicion that they are inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality, criminality or organized criminality;
(1.1) Despite subsection (1), on the conclusion of a review under subsection 57.1(1), the Immigration Division shall order the continued detention of the designated foreign national if it is satisfied that any of the grounds described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) and (e) exist, and it may not consider any other factors.
PART 1 Immigration to Canada
DIVISION 7 Right of Appeal
64. (1) No appeal may be made to the Immigration Appeal Division by a foreign national or their sponsor or by a permanent resident if the foreign national or permanent resident has been found to be inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), serious criminality must be with respect to a crime that was punished in Canada by a term of imprisonment of at least six months or that is described in paragraph 36(1)(b) or (c).
PART 2 Refugee Protection
DIVISION 2 Convention Refugees and Persons in Need of Protection
Examination of Eligibility to Refer Claim
101 (1) A claim is ineligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division if
(f) the claimant has been determined to be inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality, except for persons who are inadmissible solely on the grounds of paragraph 35(1)(c).
PART 2 Refugee Protection
DIVISION 2 Convention Refugees and Persons in Need of Protection
Suspension or Termination of Consideration of Claim
103 (1) Proceedings of the Refugee Protection Division in respect of a claim for refugee protection are suspended on notice by an officer that
(a) the matter has been referred to the Immigration Division to determine whether the claimant is inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality; or
PART 2 Refugee Protection
DIVISION 3 Pre-removal Risk Assessment
Protection
112(3) Refugee protection may not be conferred on an applicant who
(a) is determined to be inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights or organized criminality;
PART 2 Refugee Protection
DIVISION 3 Pre-removal Risk Assessment
Principle of Non-refoulement
115 (1) A protected person or a person who is recognized as a Convention refugee by another country to which the person may be returned shall not be removed from Canada to a country where they would be at risk of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion or at risk of torture or cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of a person
(b) who is inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights or organized criminality if, in the opinion of the Minister, the person should not be allowed to remain in Canada on the basis of the nature and severity of acts committed or of danger to the security of Canada.
1. La competencia de la Corte se limitará a los crímenes más graves de trascendencia para la comunidad internacional en su conjunto. La Corte tendrá competencia, de conformidad con el presente Estatuto, respecto de los siguientes crímenes:
(b) Los crímenes de lesa humanidad;
1. A los efectos del presente Estatuto, se entenderá por "crimen de lesa humanidad" cualquiera de los actos siguientes cuando se cometa como parte de un ataque generalizado o sistemático contra una población civil y con conocimiento de dicho ataque:
(a) Asesinato;
(b) Exterminio;
(c) Esclavitud;
(d) Deportación o traslado forzoso de población;
(e) Encarcelación u otra privación grave de la libertad física en violación de normas fundamentales de derecho internacional;
(f) Tortura;
(g) Violación, esclavitud sexual, prostitución forzada, embarazo forzado, esterilización forzada o cualquier otra forma de violencia sexual de gravedad comparable;
(h) Persecución de un grupo o colectividad con identidad propia fundada en motivos políticos, raciales, nacionales, étnicos, culturales, religiosos, de género definido en el párrafo 3, u otros motivos universalmente reconocidos como inaceptables con arreglo al derecho internacional, en conexión con cualquier acto mencionado en el presente párrafo o con cualquier crimen de la competencia de la Corte;
(i) Desaparición forzada de personas;
(j) El crimen de apartheid;
(k) Otros actos inhumanos de carácter similar que causen intencionalmente grandes sufrimientos o atenten gravemente contra la integridad física o la salud mental o física.
2. A los efectos del párrafo 1:
(a) Por "ataque contra una población civil" se entenderá una línea de conducta que implique la comisión múltiple de actos mencionados en el párrafo 1 contra una población civil, de conformidad con la política de un Estado o de una organización de cometer ese ataque o para promover esa política;
(b) El "exterminio" comprenderá la imposición intencional de condiciones de vida, entre otras, la privación del acceso a alimentos o medicinas, entre otras, encaminadas a causar la destrucción de parte de una población;
(c) Por "esclavitud" se entenderá el ejercicio de los atributos del derecho de propiedad sobre una persona, o de algunos de ellos, incluido el ejercicio de esos atributos en el tráfico de personas, en particular mujeres y niños;
(d) Por "deportación o traslado forzoso de población" se entenderá el desplazamiento forzoso de las personas afectadas, por expulsión u otros actos coactivos, de la zona en que estén legítimamente presentes, sin motivos autorizados por el derecho internacional;
(e) Por "tortura" se entenderá causar intencionalmente dolor o sufrimientos graves, ya sean físicos o mentales, a una persona que el acusado tenga bajo su custodia o control; sin embargo, no se entenderá por tortura el dolor o los sufrimientos que se deriven únicamente de sanciones lícitas o que sean consecuencia normal o fortuita de ellas;
(f) Por "embarazo forzado" se entenderá el confinamiento ilícito de una mujer a la que se ha dejado embarazada por la fuerza, con la intención de modificar la composición étnica de una población o de cometer otras violaciones graves del derecho internacional. En modo alguno se entenderá que esta definición afecta a las normas de derecho interno relativas al embarazo;
(g) Por "persecución" se entenderá la privación intencional y grave de derechos fundamentales en contravención del derecho internacional en razón de la identidad del grupo o de la colectividad;
(h) Por "el crimen de apartheid" se entenderán los actos inhumanos de carácter similar a los mencionados en el párrafo 1 cometidos en el contexto de un régimen institucionalizado de opresión y dominación sistemáticas de un grupo racial sobre uno o más grupos raciales y con la intención de mantener ese régimen;
(i) Por "desaparición forzada de personas" se entenderá la aprehensión, la detención o el secuestro de personas por un Estado o una organización política, o con su autorización, apoyo o aquiescencia, seguido de la negativa a admitir tal privación de libertad o dar información sobre la suerte o el paradero de esas personas, con la intención de dejarlas fuera del amparo de la ley por un período prolongado.
3. A los efectos del presente Estatuto se entenderá que el término "género" se refiere a los dos sexos, masculino y femenino, en el contexto de la sociedad. El término "género" no tendrá más acepción que la que antecede.