Statut du TPIR - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Statut du TPIR - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Statut du TPIR - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
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STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA<br />
As amended by the Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of<br />
the United Nations, the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Tribunal</strong> <strong>for</strong> the Prosecution of Persons<br />
Responsible <strong>for</strong> Genocide and Other Serious Violations of <strong>International</strong> Humanitarian Law<br />
Committed in the Territory of <strong>Rwanda</strong> and <strong>Rwanda</strong>n Citizens responsible <strong>for</strong> genocide and other<br />
such violations committed in the territory of neighbouring States, between 1 January 1994 and<br />
31 December 1994 (hereinafter referred to as “The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Tribunal</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Rwanda</strong>”)<br />
shall function in accordance with the provisions of the present <strong>Statut</strong>e.<br />
Article 1: Competence of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Tribunal</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Rwanda</strong><br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Tribunal</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Rwanda</strong> shall have the power to prosecute persons<br />
responsible <strong>for</strong> serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of<br />
<strong>Rwanda</strong> and <strong>Rwanda</strong>n citizens responsible <strong>for</strong> such violations committed in the territory of<br />
neighbouring States between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994, in accordance with the<br />
provisions of the present <strong>Statut</strong>e.<br />
Article 2: Genocide<br />
1. The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Tribunal</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Rwanda</strong> shall have the power to prosecute persons<br />
committing genocide as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article or of committing any of the other<br />
acts enumerated in paragraph 3 of this Article.<br />
2. Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in<br />
part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:<br />
(a) Killing members of the group;<br />
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;<br />
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its<br />
physical destruction in whole or in part;<br />
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;<br />
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.<br />
3. The following acts shall be punishable:<br />
(a) Genocide;<br />
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;<br />
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;<br />
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;<br />
(e) Complicity in genocide.<br />
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