Abstract
The Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide (hereafter the ‘Genocide Convention’) stipulates at Article 2 (e) that the forcible transfer of children of one group to another with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group is a form of genocide
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- 1.
Cited at Nicholas (2005), p. 97.
- 2.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 3.
The Trial of German Major War Criminals Judgment, Cited in Aptel (2010), p. 13.
- 4.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (Appeal Judgment, paras 731–732).
- 5.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 6.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 6(e).
- 7.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), para 497.
- 8.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), para 511.
- 9.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), para 516.
- 10.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), paras 80–81.
- 11.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), para 128.
- 12.
Amnesty International (1999), p. 33.
- 13.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(b).
- 14.
Amnesty International (1999), p. 33.
- 15.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(a).
- 16.
Dallaire (2010).
- 17.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 224.
- 18.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 19.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 20.
Amnesty International (1999), p. 39.
- 21.
United Nations (Ten stories the world should hear more about (n.d.)).
- 22.
Hyun (2007).
- 23.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), para 516.
- 24.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 25.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 225.
- 26.
Compare to MacKinnon (2006), p. 225.
- 27.
Genocide Convention (1951), Articles 2(d) and 2(e).
- 28.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998), para 516.
- 29.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 8.
- 30.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 3.
- 31.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 3.
- 32.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 2.
- 33.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 4.
- 34.
Mundorff (2009), p. 92.
- 35.
Human Rights Watch (2002), p. 94.
- 36.
Human Rights Watch (2002), pp. 160–161.
- 37.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 3.
- 38.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 232.
- 39.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 38.
- 40.
Schneider (2010), p. 323.
- 41.
Abed (2006), p. 310.
- 42.
Prosecutor v Akayesu, ICTR (1998), para 521.
- 43.
Abed (2006), p. 310.
- 44.
Protocol I Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (1977).
- 45.
Protocol II Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (1977).
- 46.
Rome Statute (2002).
- 47.
OP-CRC-AC (2002).
- 48.
This includes also those recruited for use in non-combat support roles such as cooks, porters, spies etc. as well as children used for sexual purposes who accompany the armed unit.
- 49.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 50.
Rome Statue (2002).
- 51.
Mundorff (2009), p. 92.
- 52.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990), Article 1.
- 53.
Mundorff (2009), p. 92.
- 54.
Mundorff (2009), p. 92, fn 187.
- 55.
Preparatory Commission for the ICC (2000, Elements of the Crime Re Article 6(e)).
- 56.
Mundorff (2009), p. 92.
- 57.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2.
- 58.
Rome Statute Elements of the Crime (Rule 9).
- 59.
Rome Statute Elements of the Crime (Article 6(e), FN 5).
- 60.
Amnesty International (1999), pp. 32–33.
- 61.
Amnesty International (1999), p. 33.
- 62.
UNICEF (1996).
- 63.
Ingelaere (2009).
- 64.
Rivard (2010).
- 65.
Rivard (2010).
- 66.
Rivard (2010).
- 67.
Rivard (2010).
- 68.
Rivard (2010).
- 69.
Amnesty International (1999), p. 37.
- 70.
Schneider (2010), p. 323.
- 71.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 72.
Mundorff (2009), p. 74.
- 73.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 74.
Grover (2011a).
- 75.
Mundorff (2009), p. 79.
- 76.
Mundorff (2009), p. 80.
- 77.
Cited at Mundorff (2009), p. 81.
- 78.
Preparatory Commission for the ICC (2000).
- 79.
Amnesty International (Amnesty 1999), pp. 38–39.
- 80.
Rivard (2010).
- 81.
Mundorff (2009), p. 99.
- 82.
Prosecutor v Akayesu (1998).
- 83.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 84.
Van Krieken (2004), p. 135.
- 85.
Van Krieken (2004), p. 136.
- 86.
Van Krieken (2004), pp. 135–136.
- 87.
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1980), Article 32.
- 88.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 6(e).
- 89.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 90.
Mundorff (2009), p. 78.
- 91.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 92.
Hart (2006), p. 223.
- 93.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990).
- 94.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 21 (b).
- 95.
ICRC (Martens Clause, 1997).
- 96.
ICRC (Martens Clause, 1997).
- 97.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 98.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 99.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 100.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 101.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 102.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 103.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 104.
Mundorff (2009), pp. 88–89, FN 163.
- 105.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 106.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 107.
Compare Dwyer (2006).
- 108.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990), Article 7.
- 109.
ICRC (Ticehurst 1997).
- 110.
Protocols I and II Additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977).
- 111.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990).
- 112.
OP-CRC-AC (2002).
- 113.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 114.
UNICEF (Innocenti Research Centre 2010, p. 4).
- 115.
Fox (2005).
- 116.
Protocol I Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (1977).
- 117.
Protocol II Additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (1977).
- 118.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 119.
Schabas (1999), p. 382.
- 120.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 121.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 122.
Mundorff (2009), p. 89.
- 123.
Wouters and Verhoeven (2010), pp. 7–8.
- 124.
Prosecutor v Akayesu, (1998), para 702.
- 125.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 126.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 127.
Mundorff (2009), p. 93.
- 128.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 129.
Mundorff (2009), pp. 92–93.
- 130.
Mundorff (2009), p. 90.
- 131.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 132.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 133.
Mundorff (2009), p. 125.
- 134.
Mundorff (2009), p. 102.
- 135.
Oh (2003), para 12.
- 136.
Oh (2003), paras 13–14.
- 137.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 138.
Mundorff (2009), p. 116.
- 139.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 30.
- 140.
Abed (2006), p. 310.
- 141.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 229.
- 142.
Abed (2006), p. 310.
- 143.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 232.
- 144.
MacKinnon (2006), p. 232.
- 145.
UN Doc. A/RES/60/1 (2005).
- 146.
Statute of the ICTR (1994).
- 147.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 148.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 6(e).
- 149.
Statute of the ICTR (1994).
- 150.
Prosecutor v Joseph Kanyabashi ICTR-9-15 (2000), para 1.13, p. 5.
- 151.
Prosecutor v Joseph Kanyabashi ICTR-9-15 (2000), para 1.17, p. 7.
- 152.
Statute of the ICTR (1994), Article 2(e).
- 153.
Prosecutor v Joseph Kanyabashi ICTR-9-15 (2000), para 6.66, p. 40.
- 154.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 5.
- 155.
Compare Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 6.
- 156.
Zarifis (2002).
- 157.
Romero (2004), p. 5.
- 158.
Romero (2004), p. 10.
- 159.
Romero (2004), p. 3.
- 160.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 31(1)(d).
- 161.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 162.
Rome Statute Elements of the Crime (Article 6(e), FN 5).
- 163.
Prosecutor v Taylor SCSL 03-01-PT (2007), Para 22 at p. 7.
- 164.
Statute of the SCSL (2002).
- 165.
Fox (2005), p. 41.
- 166.
Genocide Convention (1951, Article 2(e)).
- 167.
Romero (2004), p. 5.
- 168.
Fox (2005), p. 41.
- 169.
Drumbl (2009).
- 170.
UNICEF (2005).
- 171.
Honwana (2006).
- 172.
Romero (2004), p. 3.
- 173.
Elements of the Crime of Genocide, Introduction (Rome Statute, 2002).
- 174.
Lemkin (1944), p. 79.
- 175.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 176.
The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic (decision; motion for acquittal) (2004).
- 177.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 178.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 179.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 180.
Mundorff (2009), p. 91.
- 181.
Grover (2011a).
- 182.
Genocide Convention (151, Article 2(e)).
- 183.
Abed (2006), p. 309.
- 184.
Stanton (2005).
- 185.
Singleterry (2010).
- 186.
Rome Statute (2002), Article 7(1)(d).
- 187.
Genocide Convention (1951), Article 2(e).
- 188.
Updated Statute of the ICTY (2009).
- 189.
Updated Statute of the ICTY (2009), Article 4(2)(e).
- 190.
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 26 February, 2007).
- 191.
Grover (2011a).
- 192.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 7.
- 193.
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (2007), paras 366–367.
- 194.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 8.
- 195.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 8.
- 196.
Von Joeden-Forgey (2010), p. 8.
- 197.
Schabas (2009), p. 179.
- 198.
Schabas (2009), p. 179.
- 199.
ICC Second Warrant of Arrest for Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir (12 July, 2010).
- 200.
ICC Second Warrant of Arrest for Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir (12 July, 2010 at p. 6).
- 201.
ICC Second Warrant of Arrest for Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir (12 July, 2010 at p. 8).
- 202.
See Mundorff (2009), p. 79 FN 105–106.
- 203.
Genocide Convention (1951).
- 204.
Mundorff (2009), p. 79.
- 205.
ICID (2005) para 494.
- 206.
Dissenting opinion ICJ Justice Mahiou in Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (2007).
- 207.
See ICJ Dissenting opinion Justice Mahiou (2007), para 90.
- 208.
Prosecutor v Momir Nikolic (ICTY Trial Judgment, 2003).
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