Sentences with phrase «charges of genocide»

Charges of genocide require dolus specialis, or a special intent, according to Article 6 of the Rome Statute.

Some activists have unfortunately used the linguistic differences between the Khartoum government and the Fur people as a slur against Baggara (pastoralist) Arabs (from which the Janjaweed come from) in the former murdering black Africans, out of some supposed racial - based animosity between the two, leading to these charges of genocide that would demand Western intervention (presumably militarily).

Briton Earl Cameron also gives a rather layered performance for the short time he is on screen as the once - great - turned - evil dictator whose life is threatened even as he is about to face charges of genocide.

Debate over Chagnon's work continues, but research by Dreger, which she describes in the book, severely undercuts the charges of genocide and countenancing homicide.

President Al - Bashir was declared wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2009 on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur from 2003 to 2008.

Not exact matches

By today's standards the «Founding Fathers» of this great nation would have been charged for the genocide of over 25 million people from two distinct ethic groups....

The pope has been charged with genocide and the Vatican has not rebutted the charges as of today.

Most of the common charges leveled against the Nicaraguan revolution (it is totalitarian, it exports arms to foment revolution in neighboring countries, it is a Soviet / Cuban puppet state, it will allow Soviet military bases on its soil, it represses the church, it persecutes Jews, it commits genocide against its native peoples, etc.) are easily refutable.

Radovan Karadzic was finally captured on 7/23/08 and is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the law of war - charges related to the 1992 - 1995 civil war that followed Bosnia - Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia.

For Rwanda's women — many of whom had been widowed by the genocide, and were left in charge of coffee farms they had never before managed — the path forward looked particularly bleak.

Romeo Dallaire, the Canadian in charge of the UN Peacekeeping forces during the genocide, has suffered great mental anguish since the event.

It is therefore not surprising thatOHCHR, after a thorough inquiry, came to the conclusion that the above - mentioned barbaric acts against refugees constituted war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly crimes of genocide, subject to confirmation by a competent international criminal court or tribunal.34 So far, no charge has been brought forward.

Beginning in 2015, Wallis collaborated with grassroots activist group We Charge Genocide to hold a series of quilting circles to memorialize 144 individuals killed by the Chicago Police Department or in police custody over the previous ten years.

If we fail to do anything (not even including something drastic) to combat this possible calamity, we as a species should essentially be charged with a sort of negligence causing genocide.

For advocating genocide, or willful promotion of hatred charges to be laid, consent of the Attorney General of Canada is required.

Unlike the ICJ — the principal judicial organ of the United Nations — which hears cases brought by individual States, the ICC tries individuals charged with grave crimes under the Rome Statute, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.