“For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack: (a) Murder (e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law (f) Torture (h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court (k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. The Rome State of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), in paragraph 7, sets forth the most widely accepted formulation of the pertinent CAH.The CAH for which the Commissioners find a prima facie case, are discussed below followed by the findings in support of their conclusions.On this basis, the Commissioners recommend that CAH be investigated and prosecuted as allowed by law. From the evidence adduced at the hearings regarding the widespread and systematic killing and maiming of unarmed Black people who posed no threat of death or serious bodily harm to police or others, based on systemic racism, the Commissioners find a prima facie case that Crimes against Humanity have been committed.courts have held “the prohibition of CAH to be a norm that is customary, obligatory, and well defined by international jurisprudence” and as such they are “universally condemned behavior that is subject to prosecution.” The Rome State of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), is a treaty that defines specific acts that constitute CAH and established the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure accountability for CAH and other crimes when national legal systems fail to do so. CAH were defined by the Nuremburg Principles following World War II and later through international courts such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. CAH are part of customary international law and considered peremptory norms from which no derogation is allowed. to unlawfully detain and/or extrajudicially kill people of African descent, constitute Crimes against Humanity (CAH). The Commissioners considered whether the actions by the police and other state agents in the U.S.Section 7: THE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT CONSTITUTE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITYĬrimes against Humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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