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GHANA: END IMPUNITY THROUGH UNIVERSAL JURISDICTIONNo Safe Haven Series No. 1057CHART VII. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITYThreshold/ActDefinition in text ofRome Statute, Article7 and/or the Elementsof Crimes 157Definition in nationallaw (citation to anyrelevant provision)Universal jurisdictionin national law(citation)on the fate orwhereabouts of thosepersons, with theintention of removingthem from theprotection of the law fora prolonged period oftimePerpetrator awarenessthat the arrest,detention, or abductionwould be following by arefusal to acknowledgethat deprivation offreedom or to giveinformation on the fateor whereabouts of thevictim, or such refusalwas preceded oraccompanied by thatdeprivation of freedomThe crime ofapartheidInhumane acts of acharacter similar tothose referred to[above], committed inthe context of aninstitutionalized regimeor systematicoppression anddomination by oneracial group over anyother racial group orgroups and committedwith the intention ofmaintaining that regimePerpetrator awarenessof the factualcircumstancesestablishing thecharacter of the actNO **Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)Index: AFR 28/004/2012 <strong>Amnesty</strong> <strong>International</strong> November 2012

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