In the present Convention, 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:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
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In force from 09-12-1948
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Section 2 of the Convention of 9 December 1948 on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide/akn/un/act/treaty/1948-12-09/0.31.12.48
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