Editing Persecution (section)

==International law==
As part of the [[Nuremberg Principles]], [[crimes against humanity]] are part of international law. Principle VI of the [[Nuremberg Principles]] states that
{{blockquote|The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:...

(c) Crimes against humanity:
: Murder, [[extermination (crime)|extermination]], [[slavery|enslavement]], [[deportation]], and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any [[war crime]].}}

[[Telford Taylor]], who was Counsel for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials wrote "[at] the Nuremberg war crimes trials, the tribunals rebuffed several efforts by the prosecution to bring such 'domestic' atrocities within the scope of international law as 'crimes against humanity".<ref>Telford Taylor [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04EFDC1439F93BA15750C0A964948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "When people kill a people"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 28, 1982.</ref> Several subsequent international treaties incorporate this principle, but some have dropped the restriction "in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime" that is in Nuremberg Principles.

The [[Rome Statute]] of the [[International Criminal Court]], which is binding on 111 states, defines crimes against humanity in Article 7.1. The article criminalizes certain acts "committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack". These include:

{{blockquote|(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender.<ref>Article 7.3 of the Rome Statute, which constitutes "compromise text" states that "For the purpose of this Statute, it is understood that the term 'gender' refers to the two sexes, male and female, within the context of society. The term 'gender' does not indicate any meaning different from the above." While under international criminal law persecution based on Gender Identity is also prohibited, during the Rome Diplomatic Conference that adopted the ICC Statute, it was decided to define gender narrowly in order to overcome opposition from the Holy See and other states that were concerned that the ICC could theoretically also look into discriminatory practices of religious institutions. This provision was balanced with that of Article 10, which states that "Nothing in this Part shall be interpreted as limiting or prejudicing in any way existing or developing rules of international law for purposes other than this Statute."</ref>..or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph [e.g. murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, apartheid, and other inhumane acts] or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court}}