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genocide

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Let an agent explain the legal definition of genocide and its elements, describe recognised cases and prosecutions with attribution to courts and scholars, present contested applications of the term neutrally, and support prevention and remembrance education.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the legal definition of genocide and its elements, describe recognised cases and prosecutions with attribution to courts and scholars, present contested applications of the term neutrally, and support prevention and remembrance education.

Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as defined in the 1948 Genocide Convention, including killing, causing serious harm, inflicting destructive conditions of life, preventing births and forcibly transferring children; genocide is a crime under international law prosecuted by international and national courts, is studied in genocide studies, and the application of the term to particular historical and contemporary events is often contested and is presented here with attribution.

What it is for: The crime of destroying a group.

It can be explain the legal definition; describe cases with attribution; present contested applications neutrally; support education.

Distinguishing features

Specific intent

Protected groups

International crime

Contested attributions

What it looks like

Not physical; a crime and a historical category.

How it is recognised

Intent to destroy a protected group

Defined by the Genocide Convention

Crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing are related but distinct legal concepts

Related models

is a kind of - category

crime against humanity

is a kind of - category

crimes against international law

is related to - courts prosecuting genocide

judiciary

is related to - a related international crime

war crime

In practice

Families and kinds

genocides recognised by international courts

genocides recognised by states and scholars

contested characterisations of events as genocide

genocide prevention and early warning

remembrance and education

Standards and regulation

Genocide Convention of 1948

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

National genocide laws and recognition resolutions

Failure modes and hazards

Denial or minimisation of recognised genocides

Partisan or inflationary use of the term

Distressing content presented without care

Also called

transgender genocidegenocide of Indigenous peoples of the AmericasArgentinian genocideNative American genocide in the United Statesmass killings under communist regimesLate Ottoman genocidesGenocide of Ukrainiansgenocide committed by RussiaPaper genocideGenocide of the Belarusian peopleGenocides in historyethnocideslow genocideutilitarian genocidecultural genocideidentity cleansinggenocide of indigenous peoplesreligious cleansingautogenocideMemoricideIdenticideColonialism and genocide

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What genocide is.

Law.

Definition

Legal definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. How does the Genocide Convention define genocide, and what are its elements of intent, acts and protected groups? provenance
  2. How does genocide differ from crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing? definition

Prosecution

Prosecution.

Prosecution

Prosecution.

  1. How have international and national courts prosecuted genocide, and which judgements are landmark? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific court? action
Cases Cases and attribution.

Attribution.

Recognised

Recognised genocides.

Recognised

Recognised.

  1. Which events are recognised as genocide by courts, states and scholarly consensus, and on what evidence? provenance
  2. Is denial of recognised genocides being avoided? boundary

Contested

Contested applications.

Contested

Contested.

  1. Where the term is contested, such as for colonial violence, mass killings under particular regimes or contemporary claims, what are the attributed positions of scholars, states and affected communities? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Prevent Prevention and response.

Policy.

Prevention

Prevention.

Prevention

Prevention.

  1. How do early warning, the responsibility to protect and international institutions aim to prevent genocide, according to the United Nations and researchers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the responsibility to protect? action

Support

Survivors and remembrance.

Support

Support.

  1. How are survivors supported, and how is remembrance organised? provenance
  2. Is a user in distress, needing support resources? boundary
Learn Scholarship and teaching.

Education.

Scholarship

Genocide studies.

Scholarship

Scholarship.

  1. How did the concept develop from Lemkin to the Convention and genocide studies, and which references are standard? provenance
  2. Which findings are debated? boundary

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can genocide be taught accurately and with care for learners? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each recognised genocide be a separate entry?
  • How should court judgements be linked?
  • How should contested cases be attributed?
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