Crime against humanity—apartheid
268.22 Crime against humanity—apartheid
A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
the perpetrator commits against one or more persons an act that is a proscribed inhumane act (as defined by the Dictionary) or an act that is of a nature and gravity similar to any such proscribed inhumane act; and
the perpetrator’s conduct is committed in the context of an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups; and
the perpetrator knows of, or is reckless as to, the factual circumstances that establish the character of the act; and
the perpetrator intends to maintain the regime by the conduct; and
the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
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