Abstract: Genocide is an international crime that is said to be crime against in the profession. Its main feature is the complete intent to destroy a racial, ethnic, national or religious group. The topic of this paper is the question of whether this crime happened in the Sudanese province of Darfur, or the murders, persecutions, rape, and torture that are happening in the western region of Sudan should be characterized differently, as a related war crime or crime against humanity. genocide will be displayed through its key components: the destruction of the group and actions that can be carried out by this intention. Also, other peculiarities of this international crime will be shown. The history of the conflict in that province will briefly be exposed, the geographic and cultural factors behind the background of this conflict, the role of the international community in the conflict, and the only crucial question are whether there is a genocide there studied through its three constituents. The conclusion is that we can not claim that genocide occurred in Darfur due to strict criteria that should have been met in order to characterize all crimes in that province as genocide, but that does not mean that the terrible events in Darfur could not be characterized differently, perhaps as a crime against humanity, in which we also have a systematic plan of killing. Genocide is characterized by the intention to systematically destroy the group, a crime against humanity is also a systematic crime, but in contrast to genocide, there must be no special intention for such a complete destruction of the group, and it could, therefore, be appropriate for the qualification of the work in Darfur.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-10-20
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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