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... 1. The States Parties to the present Convention declare that apartheid
is a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the
policies and practices of apartheid and similar policies and practices of
racial segregation and discrimination, as defined in article 2 of the
Convention, are crimes violating the principles of international law, in
particular the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, and constituting a serious threat to international peace and
security. ...
... For the purpose of the present Convention, the term "the crime of
apartheid", which shall include similar policies and practices of
racial segregation and discrimination as practised in southern Africa,
shall apply to the following inhuman acts committed for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons
over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them:
...
... (ii) By the infliction upon the members of a racial group or groups of
serious bodily or mental harm, by the infringement of their freedom or
dignity, or by subjecting them to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment; ...