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Art. 6(c) Genocide by deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
- 1. Such person or persons belonged to a particular national, ethnical, racial or religious group.
- 2. [Mental element, specific] The perpetrator intended to destroy, in whole or in part, that national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.
- 3. The conduct took place in the context of a manifest pattern of similar conduct directed against that group or was conduct that could itself effect such destruction.
- 4. [Mental element for element 3] [Circumstance of context:] The perpetrator was aware that the conduct took place in the context of a manifest pattern of similar conduct directed against that group or was conduct that could itself effect such destruction
- 5. The perpetrator inflicted certain conditions of life upon one or more persons.
- 6. The conditions of life were calculated to bring about the physical destruction of that group, in whole or in part.4
- 7.a [Mental element for Element 5] [Conduct of inflicting certain conditions of life]: The perpetrator meant to engage in the conduct of inflicting certain conditions of life upon one or more persons.
- 8.b.i [Mental Element for Element 6][Consequence of inflicting certain conditions of life]: The perpetrator meant to bring about the physical destruction of that group, in whole or in part;OR
- 8.b.ii [Mental Element for Element 6] [Consequence of inflicting certain conditions of life]: The perpetrator was aware that the physical destruction of that group, in whole or in part, would occur in the ordinary course of events.
