The Crime of Genocide

The International Court would have jurisdiction over the crime of genocide, as that crime is defined in the Rome Statute:

Article 6
Genocide

 For the purpose of this Statute, "genocide" means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

 (a) Killing members of the group;

 (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

 (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

 (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

 (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

This broad definition of genocide raises serious questions about the sovereignty of nations and the ability of nations to enforce law and order within their boundaries.

• If this statute had been in effect, could the International Court have indited the National Guardmen who fired on the students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970?
  
  
• If a religious leader states in a public sermon that homosexuals are committing sin, can that person be indited by the International Court for inflicting mental harm to the homosexuals?
  
  
• Could President Clinton be indited for ordering bombing of terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan on August 20, 1998?
  
  
• Could persons performing abortions be indited by the International Court for preventing births?
  
  
• Could a parent be indited for forcibly taking a child from the spouse who has legal custody of the child?