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  1. Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act - S.C. 2000, c. 24 (Section 6)
    Marginal note:Genocide, etc., committed outside Canada
    •  (1) Every person who, either before or after the coming into force of this section, commits outside Canada

      • (a) genocide,

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    • (3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

      genocide

      genocide means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes genocide 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. (génocide)


  2. Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act - S.C. 2000, c. 24 (Section 4)
    Marginal note:Genocide, etc., committed in Canada
    •  (1) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence who commits

      • (a) genocide;

    • [...]

    • (3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

      genocide

      genocide means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes genocide 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. (génocide)


  3. Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act - S.C. 2000, c. 24 (SCHEDULE : Provisions of Rome Statute)

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    ARTICLE 6
    Genocide

    For the purpose of this Statute, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

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  4. Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act - S.C. 2000, c. 24 (Section 14)
    Marginal note:Defence of superior orders
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    • Marginal note:Interpretation — manifestly unlawful

      (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(c), orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful.



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