A critical reassessment of article 2 of the genocide convention against the backdrop of recent developments

Pescatori, Eleonora (A.A. 2024/2025) A critical reassessment of article 2 of the genocide convention against the backdrop of recent developments. Tesi di Laurea in Diritto internazionale, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Christopher Michaelsen, pp. 183. [Single Cycle Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The first conceptual elaboration of the notion of genocide: Raphael Lemkin. The preparatory works of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (1948). The structure of the crime under the genocide convention. The element of intent and its possible interpretations. Judicial interpretation of intent in recent cases. The legal structure of the crime of genocide in the Rome statute. The crime of genocide in the statutes of the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda and the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Individual criminal responsibility for genocide. Judicial precedents on individual intent to destroy. From definition to prosecution. The situation in the Xinjiang region. The situation in Darfur. The situation in Yemen. The Tigray conflict and mass atrocities in Ethiopia.

References

Bibliografia: pp. 173-180. Sitografia: pp. 181-182.

Thesis Type: Single Cycle Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Single Cycle Master's Degree Programs > Single Cycle Master's Degree Program in Law (LMG-01)
Chair: Diritto internazionale
Thesis Supervisor: Michaelsen, Christopher
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Virzo, Roberto
Academic Year: 2024/2025
Session: Extraordinary
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 28 Jul 2026 12:20
Last Modified: 28 Jul 2026 12:20
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46528

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