A terrifying sight with corpses strewn on the streets of Muang Bucha. near kiev This led the Ukrainian leader to accuse and condemn Russia of genocide against Ukrainians, but later did not mention the word again at the UN meeting.
On April 5, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. It confirmed allegations that the Russian army committed a brutal war crime, comparable to Islamic State (IS) forces.
But it is worth noting that this time the Ukrainian leader did not use the word genocide, as it was said, while visiting the area to look at the wreckage in the city of worship near kiev
The AP news agency reported that Mr. Selensky, who visited the area to explore the condition of the city of worship. Speaking via videoconferencing to a UN conference room, he called on countries to punish Russia harder. and extreme pressure and bring the relevant persons to prosecution as in the Nuremberg trial. (Nürnberg) After World War II
“They had amputations, throats, women were raped and murdered in front of her children, their tongues were cut off. Because brutal people don’t want to hear what they hear from people,” Zelensky said, adding that Ukrainians were tortured. bombed Was hit by a tank while in the car.
Ukrainian civilians found dead in streets of Worship After Russia withdrew its troops The condition of the corpse indicates that the deceased was tortured. or killed while his hands were tied behind his back. Zelenski told the UN meeting that Worship is just one place. There are many more in the same horror
The shocking news drew widespread condemnation of Russia from the West. while Russia denied it had harmed civilians. And that these deaths occurred after Russia’s withdrawal of troops. But images from the US satellite Maxar Technologies revealed that There were corpses piled up at some points since mid-March. before Russia withdrew its troops
US President Joe Biden has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be prosecuted for war crimes. but did not call this event genocide and it is worth noting that Later, the Ukrainian leader did not say the word. while addressing the UN Security Conference
Interpretation of ‘genocide’
BBC Thai reports that genocide or genocide (genosides) is seen as the most serious crimes against humanity. because it is the elimination of any group of people completely As the Nazis tried to eradicate the Jewish population in the 1940s
However, the words This is complicated by the law that requires different rules.
genocide It is a term coined in 1943 by Dr. Rafael Lemkin, a young Jewish Polish lawyer. It combines the Greek word genos, meaning race or ethnicity, and the Latin cide, meaning killing.
After witnessing the brutality of the “Holocaust” or the genocide of the Jews which all his family members except his brothers Killed at the hands of the Nazis, Dr. Lemkin tries to push genocide as a crime under international law.
Dr Lemkin’s efforts came to fruition when the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crimes of Genocide was born in Dec 1948, which came into force in Jan. 1951.
Article 2 of this Convention defines the term Genocide means “any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group; in whole or in part.”
Including the killing of a group member causing serious bodily or mental harm to a member of the group, deliberately destroying the group’s living conditions. aimed at physical destruction, wholly or in part, stipulate measures to prevent within the group forced the transfer of children of one group to another group.
The Convention also establishes the duty of States signing the Convention to “Prevent and punish” genocide
There are only 3 trigger events. genocide
Since the adoption of this Convention There have been critics from many parties. Most were dissatisfied with the difficulty of enforcing the cases, with some stating that too narrow a definition Others say it has been devalued by overuse.
Some analysts stated that Genocide has a very narrow definition. causing the massacre to almost never meet the criteria set forth
Some say genocide only occurred in the last century. That was the Nazi genocide of the Jews, or the Holocaust, but some pointed out that At least three genocides have occurred, based on the definition of the 1948 United Nations Convention on Genocide:
– The Armenian massacre by Ottoman Turks in Turkey between 1915-1920, an allegation denied by the Turks.
– Massacre of Jews by Nazis which has killed more than 6 million people
– 1994 Rwanda massacre, Hutu extremists aimed at killing the Tutsi people minority in the country including political enemies, regardless of ethnicity until about 800,000 people were killed in 100 days.
Mass killings are considered genocide.
the past few years Some have classified some of the mass killings as genocide, for example:
– Year 1995, the Srebrenitsa massacre Bosnia The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia diagnosed as genocide
– In 2016, the United States accused Islamic State (IS) of genocide against Christian, Yazidi and Shia minorities in Iraq and Syria.
– In 2017, the Gambia filed a lawsuit against Myanmar for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. at the International Court of Justice (International Court of Justice or ICJ) by alleging that Myanmar Army Operations “wide and systematic purges” in Rohingya villages
– Year 2021, the governments of the United States, Canada and the Netherlands Officially accused China of Genocide of the Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang Autonomous Region It said evidence found that China had taken measures to wipe out the Uighurs, such as forced sterilization. forced labor group detention including systematic rape and torture which is an allegation that is considered genocide But China denies these allegations.
prosecution of genocide
– Rwanda case The first case where the Convention on Genocide was applied. The charges were against Jean-Paul Acajes, the Hutu mayor of Taba.
The International Criminal Court for Rwanda convicts Achajes of genocide. and commit crimes against humanity on Sept. 2, 1998
The International Criminal Court has also convicted more than 85 people of genocide in Rwanda.
– Bosnian case
2001: General Radislav Kirstitch, a former Bosnian general of Serb descent became the first person to be convicted of genocide at the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia.
2007 Mr. Ratko Maladish, former commander of the Bosnian army of Serb descent which has been dubbed Bosnian killer sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him of genocide. and commit crimes against humanity
– Khmer Rouge case
In 2018, Nuon Chea, 92, and Khieo Samphan, 87, two leaders of the Khmer Rouge. Sentenced to life in prison for genocide. and commit crimes against humanity for his role in the Khmer Rouge massacre of Cambodians
