Article II
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Article II is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that legally defines genocide by specifying the acts and intent that constitute this international crime.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
article of an international convention
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treaty provision → |
| adoptedBy |
United Nations General Assembly
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| adoptedIn |
1948
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| adoptionInstrument |
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 260 A (III)
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| basisFor |
individual criminal responsibility for genocide
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state responsibility for genocide → |
| category |
substantive provision of the Genocide Convention
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| citedAs |
Article 2 of the Genocide Convention
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| citedInCase |
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ)
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Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ) → Prosecutor v. Akayesu (ICTR) → Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) → |
| coreConcept |
actus reus of genocide
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mens rea of genocide → |
| defines |
crime of genocide
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| doesNotInclude |
political groups as protected groups
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social groups as protected groups → |
| enteredIntoForceWith |
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide on 12 January 1951
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| influenced |
Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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definitions of genocide in international criminal tribunals → |
| language |
English authentic text
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French authentic text → |
| legalEffect |
obliges States Parties to criminalize genocide in domestic law
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| legalNature |
binding definition of genocide in international law
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| legalStatus |
customary international law reference point for genocide definition
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| listsAct |
causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
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deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part → forcibly transferring children of the group to another group → imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group → killing members of the group → |
| partOf |
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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| protects |
existence of national, ethnical, racial and religious groups
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| requiresElement |
specific intent to destroy a protected group in whole or in part
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targeting of a national group → targeting of a racial group → targeting of a religious group → targeting of an ethnical group → |
| requiresMensRea |
intent to destroy a protected group as such
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| requiresProofOf |
destruction of a group in whole or in part
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| scope |
applies in time of peace and in time of war
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| shortName |
Article II of the Genocide Convention
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| subjectMatter |
international criminal law
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protection of groups from destruction → |
| usedBy |
International Court of Justice
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International Criminal Court → International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda → International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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GenocideConvention1948
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containsArticle |