Section 16-93.1-2 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different meaning or intent:
(1) "Genocide" means any act committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group such as: (i) Killing members of that group;(ii) Causing serious bodily injury to members of that group;(iii) Causing permanent impairment of the mental faculties of members of the group through drugs, torture, or similar techniques;(iv) Subjecting the group to conditions of life that are intended to cause the physical destruction of the group in whole or in part;(v) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; or(vi) Forcibly transferring or attempting to transfer children of the group to another group, as defined by the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (18 U.S.C. § 1091).(2) "Holocaust" means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million (6,000,000) Jews and five million (5,000,000) other individuals by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-93.1-2
Added by 2021 Pub. Laws, ch. 275, § 2, eff. 7/9/2021.Added by 2021 Pub. Laws, ch. 274, § 2, eff. 7/9/2021.