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Współczesny wymiar zbrodni ludobójstwa
Contemporary Dimension of Genocide

Author(s): Karolina Wierczyńska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: genocide; The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; ICC; ICTY; ICTR; Guatemala; Montt

Summary/Abstract: Genocide was defined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and on normative grounds it was not subject to any amendments. Nevertheless, it was interpreted by different courts and tribunals which exercise the jurisdiction in the context of this crime. The courts defined the notions of the “protected group”, “to destroy the group”, “to destroy in whole”, and so on. After almost seventy years of its adoption, the Convention is quite a lively document with timeless value, and only constant recalling of the cultural genocide by the domestic courts reiterates that this crime left outside the Convention still needs its place in binding international law.

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 31-46
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish