3. Urges each of the Contracting Parties to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, signed at Paris on 9 December 1948, and to other relevant international agreements, in particular the EU Member States, to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide within their territory; urges Syria and Iraq to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court;

4. Urges each of the Contracting Parties to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, of 1948, and to other international agreements for the prevention and punishment of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, and in particular the competent authorities of countries – and their nationals – which are in any way supporting, cooperating or funding, or are complicit in, these crimes, to wholly fulfil their legal obligations under the convention and other international agreements;

7. Is firmly convinced that there is no doubt that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIS/Daesh fall within the legal definition of genocide provided in Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; stresses that genocide amounts to any act committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group; underlines that the destruction of only part of a group on the basis of their nationality, ethnic group or religion also amounts to genocide; further emphasises that according to those legal pro ...[+++]visions acts of genocide do not necessarily need to cause the death of member of a group, as causing serious bodily or mental harm including inflicting trauma, torture, rape, sexual violence and mutilation, as well as the transfer of children, are also to be considered acts of genocide when committed as part of a policy to destroy a group’s existence; finally underlines that mere conspiracy, direct and public incitement, attempts to commit genocide and complicity with genocide are also tantamount to the crime of genocide even before mass murders have begun;

continue to support and promote Union and Member States’ activity against impunity and fight against crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; in that context, promote cooperation between the Member States, third countries and the international tribunals in this field, and in particular the International Criminal Court (ICC), and develop exchange of judicial information and best practices in relation to the prosecution of such crimes through the European Network of Contact Points in respect of persons responsible for crimes of genocide, crimes a ...[+++]gainst humanity and war crimes.

publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined in the Statute of the International Criminal Court (Articles 6, 7 and 8) and crimes defined in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, when the conduct is carried out in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred against such a group or a member of such a group.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide