Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 - Ronald Reagan address - transcript

US Department of State Bulletin, Jan, 1989

It will be a Federal crime of genocide to commit, or attempt to commit, specified acts on members of such groups. These acts are:

* Killing;

*Causing serious bodily injury;

* Causing permanent mental impairment through drugs, torture, or similar techniques;

* Subjecting to conditions of life intended to cause physical destruction;

* Imposing measures to prevent births; and

* Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Genocide would also include trying to prevent births within such a group or using force to remove children from the group.

When death results from a crime of genocide, the penalty will be life imprisonment and a fine of up to $1 million.

In other instances, the penalty will be a fine of up to $1 million and 20 years in prison. Anyone who incited another to violate the law could be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned up to 5 years.