The Definition of a Tragedy: Genocide
Many of the nations that laid the groundwork for the protection of human rights are known for having violent, bloody colonial histories, and these atrocities frequently reappear in discussions of international policy. Most frequently, these queries are discussed in conjunction with the still-ongoing discussion of the idea of genocide. In order to establish and advance a human rights paradigm, it is essential to understand how this phenomenon operates because the historical legacy it leaves behind could have significant effects on the present and the future.
Although the term "genocide" was first used in 1944 to describe the crimes carried out by the Nazi administration, it wasn't until 1946 that this idea was finally acknowledged as a crime under international law. By formalizing the crime into law, the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide pushed for its institutionalization even further. According to Article 2 of the aforementioned convention, there must be both a mental element (mens rea), which refers to the perpetrator's desire to commit the act, and a physical element (actus reus), which describes the actual method by which the act is carried out, for a persecution to qualify as genocide.
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