Global Issues/Preventinggenocidecc
Welcome to Concept Corner! Key concepts for this module are:
Genocide Genocide is a legal term, defined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It is defined as acts, including killing or inflicting serious bodily harm to a racial, religious, ethnical or national group, committed with the intent to partially or fully destroy that group. There are also a number of scholarly definitions of genocide. Read the legal definition of genocide in the Framework of Analysis of Atrocity Crimes, Annex 1, p. 26, in Activity three, or below: United Nations, 'Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes: A Tool for Prevention' Crimes against Humanity Crimes against Humanity have been legally defined by international courts. The Rome Statute of the International Court defines crimes against humanity as any one of a range of acts, including murder, torture, rape and many others, when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population. Read the legal definition in the Rome Statute in the Framework of Analysis of Atrocity Crimes, Annex 1, p. 27, in Activity three, or below: United Nations, 'Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes: A Tool for Prevention' War Crimes War Crimes are legally defined in multiple places, including in the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The definition in the Rome Statute includes as war crimes a large number of acts, such as wilful killing, torture, taking of hostages, killing a combatant who has surrendered, and intentionally attacking civilians.
Read the legal definition in the Rome Statute in the Framework of Analysis of Atrocity Crimes, Annex 1, pp. 28-32, in Activity three, or below: United Nations, 'Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes: A Tool for Prevention'
