Genocide under municipal laws
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) came into effect in January 1951. Article 5, 6 and 7 of the CPPCG cover obligations that sovereign states that are parties to the convention must undertake to enact: Art.

Genocide under municipal laws

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Table Section Text: The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) came into effect in January 1951. Article 5, 6 and 7 of the CPPCG cover obligations that sovereign states that are parties to the convention must undertake to enact: Art.

State	Provisions	Notes

Albania	Chap. 1, Crimes Against Humanity, of the Criminal Code	See Genocide Law (Albania, 1995)

Antigua and Barbuda	Genocide Act, Laws, Vol. 4.

Argentina

Armenia	Article 393 of the Criminal code.

Australia	Genocide Convention Act 1949. International Criminal Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 2002

Austria	Paragraph 321 of the Strafgesetzbuch 1974.	Austrian law classifies all acts intended to annihilate a national, ethnic or religious group partially or in its entirety, create circumstances suitable to cause such events, create sterility in the group or other measures intended to prevent wilful procreation, or forcefully abducting children of said group to integrate them into another as genocide, with a statutory sentence of life imprisonment.

Azerbaijan	Article 103 and 104 of the Criminal Code.

Bahrain	Decree No. 4 of 1990 (on genocide).

Bangladesh	International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.

Barbados	Genocide Act, chapter 133A.

Belarus	Article 127 of the Criminal Code.

Belgium	Law on serious violations of international humanitarian law, 10 February 1999.	In 1993 Belgium had adopted universal jurisdiction, allowing prosecution of genocide, committed by anybody in the world. The practice was widely applauded by many human rights groups, because it made legal action possible to perpetrators who did not have a direct link with Belgium, and whose victims were not Belgian citizens or residents.

Bolivia	Article 138 of the Código Penal.

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Article 141 of the Penal Code.	List of Bosnian genocide prosecutions#The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil	Law No. 2.889 of 1 October 1956.	The Helmet Massacre of the Tikuna people took place in 1988, and was initially treated as homicide. Since 1994 it has been treated by the Brazilian courts as a genocide.

Bulgaria	Article 416 on Genocide, of the Criminal Code.

Burkina Faso	Article 313 of the Code Pénal.

Burundi	In 2003 the transitional parliament in Burundi passed a law, introduced to parliament by the Burundian Foreign Minister Therence Sinunguruzaa, chiefly aimed at preventing genocide.

Cambodia	Law for prosecuting crimes committed from 1975 to 1979.

Canada	Act on genocide and war crimes, Article 318 on Advocating Genocide.	In Canada the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act makes it an offence under Canadian law to commit genocide, whether inside or outside Canada.

China	Hong Kong, Section 9A, Offences Against Person Ordinance, Cap. 212 - genocide. Macau, Article 230 (Genocide).

Colombia	Articles 101 & 102 of the Código Penal.

Costa Rica	Article 127 of the Código Penal (14 April 1998).	The law includes political groups or social groups as a protected group.

Côte d'Ivoire	Article 137 of the Code Pénal.

Croatia	Article 156 of the Penal Code.

Cuba	Article 361 of the Código Penal.

Cyprus	Uw 59/ 1980.

Czech Republic	Article 259 of the Penal Code.

Denmark	Law Nr. 132 of 29 April 1955.

El Salvador	Article 361 of the Código Penal.

Estonia	Article 91 of the Karistusseadustik eriosa.

Ethiopia	Article 281 of the Penal Code of 1957.

Fiji	Chapter 34 (Genocide) of the Penal Code.

Finland	Criminal Code	Genocide has been criminalized as a separate crime in Finland since 1995 and carries a penalty from 4 years to life sentence.

France	Article 211-1 of the Code Pénal.	The French law defines "a group determined by any arbitrary criteria" which is far broader than that found in the CPPCG.

Georgia	Article 651 (genocide) of the penal code

Germany	Article 220a of the Strafgesetzbuch (1954), superseded by article 6 of the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (2002).	Prior to the 2007 ICJ ruling on the Bosnian Genocide Case German courts handed down several convictions for genocide during the Bosnian War.

Ghana	Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 1993 Section 1: Genocide

Guatemala	Article 376 of the Código Penal

Hungary	Article 155 of the Penal Code

Indonesia	Article 26 Tahun – Pasal 8 – genosida

Iraq	statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, issued 10 December 2003

Ireland	Ireland's Genocide Act of 1973

Israel	Israeli Law on the Crime of Genocide, 5710 -1950

Italy	law on Genocide of 9 October 1967, n. 962

Jamaica	Offenses against the person (amendment) 1968, s. 33

Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)	Penal Code Article 52 (Genocide)

Kyrgyzstan	Article 373 of the Criminal Code

Latvia	Article 71 of the Penal Code

Liechtenstein	Article 321 of the Penal Code

Lithuania	Article 99 of the Criminal Code

Luxembourg	Genocide law, 8 August 1985

Mali	Article 30 of the Code Pénal

Mexico	Article 149 of the Código Penal

New Zealand	International Crimes and ICC Act of 6 September 2000.

Netherlands	Act Implementing the Conv. on Genocide, 2 July 1964.	Dutch law restricts prosecutions for genocide to its nationals. On December 23, 2005 a Dutch court ruled in a case brought against Frans van Anraat for supplying chemicals to Iraq, that "[it] thinks and considers legally and convincingly proven that the Kurdish population meets the requirement under the genocide conventions as an ethnic group.

Nicaragua	Article 549 & 550 of the Código Penal.

Panama	Article 311 of the Código Penal.

Paraguay	Articulo 319 9 of the Código Penal.

Peru	Title XIV (Law # 26926 (Article 129 of the Código Penal)).	The law includes political groups or social groups as a protected group.

Poland	Article 118 of the Kodeks Karny (penal code).

Portugal	Article 239 of the Codigo Penal.	The law includes political groups or social groups as a protected group.

Republic of the Congo	Law No. 8 - 98 of 31 October 1998 on genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Romania	Article 356 of the Penal Code.

Russia	Article 357 of the Federal Criminal Code.

Rwanda	Organic Law No. 08/96 on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.

Serbia	Article 370 of the Krivični zakonik (2005).

Seychelles	Genocide Act of 1969.

Solomon Islands	Article 52 (Genocide) of the Penal Code.

Slovakia	Articles 259-265 of the Criminal Code.

Slovenia	Chapter 35, art. 373 and 378 of the Penal Code, 1994.

South Africa	Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 27 (12 July 2002).

Spain	Article 607 of the Código Penal, Ley Orgánica 10/1995, 23 November.	Under Spanish law, judges have the right to try foreigners suspected of genocidal acts that have taken place outside Spain. In June 2003 Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón jailed Ricardo Miguel Cavallo, (also known as Miguel Angel Cavallo), a former Argentine naval officer, extradited from Mexico to Spain pending his trial on charges of genocide and terrorism relating to the years of Argentina's military dictatorship.

Suriname	Constitution of Suriname of 1987: Chapter IV: International principles:Article 7.4.

Sweden	Article 169 of the Lagboken (Act of 20 March 1963).	In Sweden genocide was criminalized in 1964. According to the Swedish law any act intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such, and which is punished according to the criminal act is punished as genocide and carries a penalty from 4 years to life sentence.

Switzerland	Article 264 of the Penal Code.

Tajikistan	Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind.

Tonga	Genocide Act, 1969.

Trinidad and Tobago	Genocide Act, 1977.

Tuvalu	Article 52 (Genocide) of the Penal Code.

Ukraine	Article 442 on Genocide, of Criminal Code.

United Kingdom	The Genocide Act 1969, superseded by the International Criminal Court Act 2001.	The United Kingdom has incorporated the International Criminal Court Act into domestic law. It was not retroactive so it applies only to events after May 2001 and genocide charges can be filed only against British nationals and residents.

United States	Chapter 50A of the United States Code.	United States federal law recognizes the crime of genocide where it was committed within the U.S. or by a national of the U.S.

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