Practice question
With intent to destroy a protected ethnic group in part as such, a person forcibly transfers the group’s children to another group. Which section 5(a) rule applies?
- Genocide is impossible unless every group member is killed
- Only killing can constitute genocide
- The conduct can constitute genocide because forcible transfer of children is a listed act when accompanied by the required intent
- The transfer becomes lawful if described as assimilation
- The children’s ethnic identity is irrelevant to the statutory intent
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html — RA 9851, Chapter III, sections 4–6, war crimes, genocide, direct public incitement and other crimes against humanity; section 3 supplies the related contextual definitions.
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