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Practice question: War Crimes, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

With the required intent to destroy a religious group in part as such, a perpetrator imposes measures intended to prevent births within it. No killing is proved. Does absence of killing alone defeat Section5(a)?
  1. No; the statute lists this act separately from killing
  2. Yes; killing is the only genocidal act
  3. Yes; reproductive measures are expressly excluded
  4. Yes; intent can never matter
  5. Yes; only property destruction counts

Legal references

  • RA9851: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html Sections5,10–12.
  • Rome Statute: https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/99_corr/cstatute.htm Article6.

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