Genocide

International Crimes

Genocide

Jurisdiction

ICTY  ICTR  ICC  ECCC   IRMCT

Legal Definition

Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(a) Killing members of the group;

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Key Legal Instruments

1948	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
1993 (last amended 2009)	Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (art. 4)
1994 (last amended 2009)	Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (art. 2)
1998 (last amended 2024)	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (art. 6)
2002 (last amended 2010)	Elements of Crimes of the International Criminal Court (art. 6)
2004 (revised in 2007)	Law on the establishment of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the prosecution of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea (art. 4)

Cases

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

• The Prosecutor v. Vidoje Blagojević and Dragan Jokić      Trial Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Radoslav Brđanin    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Simo Drljača    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Goran Jelisić    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadžić      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Milan Kovačević    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Momčilo Krajišnik   Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstić      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milošević     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Momir Nikolić    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Dragan Obrenović    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Biljana Plavšić     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Vujadin Popović, Ljubiša Beara, Drago Nikolić, Radivoje Miletić, Vinko Pandurević, Ljubomir Borovčanin, and Milan Gvero      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Duško Sikirica, Damir Došen, and Dragan Kolundžija    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Milomir Stakić     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Momir Talić     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Zdravko Tolimir      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Milorad Trbić     Indictment

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

• The Prosecutor v. Jean Paul Akayesu      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Michel Bagaragaza     Trial Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Ignace Bagilishema      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Théoneste Bagosora, Gratien Kabiligi, Anatole Nsengiyumva, and Aloys Ntabakuze      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Simon Bikindi      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Paul Bisengimana     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Augustin Bizimana     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Jérôme Bicamumpaka, Casimir Bizimungu, Justin Mugenzi, and Prosper Mugiraneza      Trial Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Laurent Bucyibaruta     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Gacumbitsi      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Jean Baptiste Gatete      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Ildephonse Hategekimana     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Félicien Kabuga      Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Juvénal Kajelijeli     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Callixte Kalimanzira     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Jean Kambanda      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Gaspard Kanyarukiga      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Édouard Karemera, Matthieu Ngirumpatse, and Joseph Nzirorera     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. François Karera      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Clément Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Fulgence Kayishema      Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Jean Mpambara     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Protais Mpiranya      Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Mikaeli Muhimana     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Bernard Munyagishari    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Yussuf Munyakazi      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Pheneas Munyarugarama     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Wenceslas Munyeshyaka     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Samuel Musabyimana     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Alfred Musema     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Tharcisse Muvunyi     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Jean Bosco Barayagwiza, Ferdinand Nahimana, and Hassan Ngeze    Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Siméon Nchamihigo     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Grégoire Ndahimana     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Aloys Ndimbati      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Emmanuel Ndindabahizi     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Augustin Bizimungu, Augustin Ndindiliyimana, François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, and Innocent Sagahutu    Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Augustin Ngirabatware    Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Eliézer Niyitegeka    Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Ildéphonse Nizeyimana     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Hormisdas Nsengimana    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Ladislas Ntaganzwa   Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Emmanuel Bagambiki, Samuel Imanishimwe, and André Ntagerura      Trial Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Elizaphan Ntakirutimana and Gérard Ntakirutimana      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Dominique Ntawukulilyayo      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Bernard Ntuyahaga   Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kanyabashi, Elie Ndayambaje, Sylvain Nsabimana, Arsène Shalom Ntahobali, Alphonse Nteziryayo, and Pauline Nyiramasuhuko     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Callixte Nzabonimana     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Tharcisse Renzaho      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Georges Ruggiu      Trial Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Emmanuel Rukundo     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Léonidas Rusatira    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Georges Rutaganda     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. André Rwamakuba     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Ryandikayo     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Laurent Semanza      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Athanase Seromba       Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Joseph Serugendo      Trial Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Omar Serushago      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Ephrem Setako      Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Charles Sikubwabo     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Aloys Simba     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Juvénal Uwilingiyimana    Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Jean Uwinkindi     Indictment
• The Prosecutor v. Protais Zigiranyirazo       Trial Judgment

International Criminal Court (ICC)

• The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir     Indictment

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

• The Prosecutor v. Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, and Ieng Thirith     Appeal Judgment
• The Prosecutor v. Im Chaem, Ao An, and Yim Tiht    Indictment