Essays about: "Genocidal Intent"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Genocidal Intent.

1. 1. Collective Genocidal Intent in Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Maxwin Paul Rayen; [2023]
   Keywords : Genocide; Tamil; Sri Lanka; Humanitarian law; Human Rights Law; Genocidal Intent; Tamil Genocide; War; Non-International Armed Conflict; Justice; International Law; International Criminal Law; ICTR; ICTY; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The end of the Sri Lankan war was marked by a devastating loss of life, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. Amidst this tragedy, victims have claimed that the crimes committed against them constitute genocide, specifically targeting the Eelam Tamils solely because of their ethnic identity. READ MORE

3. 2. State Responsibility for Complicity in Genocide: The Requirement of Mens Rea

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Erika Josefsson; [2021]
   Keywords : public international law; international criminal law; state responsibility; genocide; genocide convention; genocidal intent; the mental element; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats syftar till att analysera statsansvar för folkmord, och gör detta mer specifikt genom att undersöka frågan om ansvar för medhjälp till folkmord samt mens rea elementet i folkmordsdefinitionen. År 2007 meddelade ICJ sin dom i the Genocide case, där en av de centrala frågorna för domstolen var ifall en stat kunde hållas ansvarig för folkmord under Folkmordskonventionen. READ MORE

4. 3. Paths Towards Justice for the Rohingya? - An Analysis of the Cases on the Rohingya and Myanmar in the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Max Runsten; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; international criminal law; Myanmar; Rohingya; Bangladesh; International Court of Justice; International Criminal Court; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Atrocities against members of the Rohingya group in Myanmar have since August 2017 resulted in over 10 000 deaths and close to one million people being forced to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh. In response to these events, The Gambia instituted proceedings against Myanmar before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in November 2019. READ MORE

5. 4. The systematic use of sexual violence in genocide : Understanding why women are being targeted using the cases of Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Viktoria Nicolaisen; [2019]
   Keywords : genocide; sexual violence; feminism; intersectionality; tactical rape; Rwanda; former Yugoslavia;

   Abstract : When describing sexual violence as a ’weapon of war’ or as systematic in the setting of a conflict, many times there is no distinction between how it is used during different types of conflicts. Moreover, they are often discussed as either a crime against the ”enemy” or a crime against women. READ MORE

6. 5. At the Endpoint of Violence : A comparative study between the genocide in Bosnia Herzegovina and the conflict in Georgian Abkhazia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Linnea Lönnberg; [2018]
   Keywords : genocide; violent escalation; genocidal intent; Bosnia-Hercegovina; Georgia; Abkhazia;

   Abstract : In an attempt to bridge the gap between theories of violent escalation and those of genocide, this paper theorizes genocide to be a strategic choice by leaders in response to a situation which they perceive to lack alternatives. This situation is expected to evolve out of a violent escalation, more precisely civil war. READ MORE