GENOCIDE IN

INTERNATIONAL

LAW.

International Law and Genocide

International law:-

A set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding inrelations between states and between nations.

Genocide:-

The legal definition of genocide in mention in 1948Convention on the Prevention and punishment of genocide,classified as metal element and physical element.

Mental element means intent to destroy in whole or in parts,a national, ethnic and religious group as such.

Physical element may include killing a member, causingserious bodily harm or physical destruction.

Origin of Genocide

Genocide can be traced from World War II orspecifically from 1944.

Raphael Lemkin created the term ‘genocide’ todescribe Nazi policies of the systematic murder ofJewish people.

Lemkin used the ancient Greek word genos (race,tribe) and the Latin cide (killing)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of theCrime of Genocide was adopted by the United NationsGeneral Assembly on 9 December 1948.

In 1951, the convention entered in force and wasrectified by 130 countries.

Establishment of the CCPG at the dawn of the 21stcentury reflected the international consensus behindefforts to prevent and punish the horrors of genocide.

Genocide in Muslim States.

Palestine

Burma

Chechnya

Bosnia

Solution to Genocide.

That the international community, professional organizations work toward the development of policies that work to eradicate and prevent genocide

The development of research that fosters our understanding of the causes, effects, and solutions to race-based and ethnicity-based hate crimes.

The implementation of interventions that promote equality, social justice, and reconciliation across cultures.

The exploration of the gendered experience of genocide including systematic rape.

Strategies to promote the recovery of victims, community reconciliation, and human rights for all persons.

References

http://endgenocide.org/learn/preventing-future-genocides/

http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/index.php?id=6198

http://www.preventgenocide.org/law/convention/text.htm

http://www.genocidewatch.org/genocide/whatisit.html