Legal Definition and Related Resources of Genocide
Meaning of Genocide
Killing members of an identifiable group of people or Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction.
Related Entries of Genocide in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
Browse or run a search for Genocide in the American Encyclopedia of Law, the Asian Encyclopedia of Law, the European Encyclopedia of Law, the UK Encyclopedia of Law or the Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law.
Genocide in Historical Law
You might be interested in the historical meaning of this term. Browse or search for Genocide in Historical Law in the Encyclopedia of Law.
Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Genocide in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of genocide.
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Legal English Vocabulary: Genocide in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term genocide into Spanish: genocidio (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Work
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- genocide in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- genocide in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Definition of Genocide
In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Genocide :
Conduct aimed at the destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Genocide, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948, includes not only killing members of the group, but also causing them serious physical or psychological harm, imposing conditions of life that are intended to destroy them physically or measures intended to prevent childbirth, or forcibly transferring children of the group to another group, if these acts are carried out with the intention of destroying the group as a whole or in part. Destruction of a cultural or political group does not amount to genocide. The Genocide Convention 1948 declares that genocide is an international crime; the parties to the Convention undertake to punish not only acts of genocide committed within their jurisdiction but also complicity in genocide and conspiracy, incitement, and attempts to commit genocide. The Convention has been enacted into English law by the Genocide Act 1969. It is generally considered that the Convention embodies principles of customary international law that bind all nations, including those that are not parties to the Convention.
See also war crimes; humanitarian interventio
The mass killing of people because of their group characteristics such as race or religion.
The mass killing of people because of their group characteristics such as race or religion.
Definition of Genocide
In relation to social issues, a meaning of genocide is provided here: the extermination of a cultural or racial group.
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- Social Problem
- Crime
- Delinquency
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Delinquent
- Social Issues
- Crime Prevention
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