GENOCIDE AS AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND PROBLEMS OF ITS RECOGNITION
Keywords:
genocide, recognition, politicide, Genocide Convention, Pan-Armenian DeclarationAbstract
The article is dedicated to the issue of the role of genocide in international law. The authors study the problems of recognizing the genocide as international crime. They consider different scientific approaches to meaning of genocide in international law: from the classic understanding of it, its appearance as a crime to becoming a disputable issue in its recognition based on examples from the XX century.
Moreover, in the paper some international tribunals’ activity is considered. The conventions’ classification in the context of international law is also done.
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