Genocide And International Justice
- IJLLR Journal
- 4 hours ago
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Huda Aftab Ansari, University of Lucknow
ABSTRACT
Genocide, one of the crimes committed against humanity, is a result of hatred inside the hearts of people towards a specific group of people, which may be due to their ethnicity, race, or religion. Its purpose is to destroy the group of individuals with no future prospects. It involves actions of mass murder, measures to prevent birth and transfer of their children to another group, thereby completely vanishing their existence and leaving behind no scope for their future either. This hatred has no rational basis and no reason for justification, yet it still seems to have occupied the hearts of many. Sadly, even with widespread education and awareness, we can still find cases of genocide actively happening in the world with little to absolutely no action to curb them. The perpetrators often get away with their heinous crimes due to a lack of proof of their malicious intent to commit genocide. For the establishment of an allegation of genocide, the intent must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, which in most cases becomes the greatest obstacle and a major drawback on the part of the system delivering justice. The recent case of genocide in Gaza, which has been in much highlight, is still awaiting a decision from the ICJ, while the perpetrator, Israel, actively commits genocide by mass murder, torture of every kind, blocking of humanitarian aid, bombing of hospitals, and making it impossible to survive in Gaza. It is clearly evident from this that the slow process of taking action, speaking up against the perpetrators, and delivering justice makes the concept of “World Peace” and “International Justice” mere words with no real meaning.
