Assessment the effectiveness of international legal instruments in interpreting and developing the definition of genocide
Evghenia Gugulan
Academy „Stefan cel Mare” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova , Moldova, Republic ofhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5960-1164
Ion Slisarenco
Academy „Stefan cel Mare” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova , Moldova, Republic ofhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-7542
Abstract
The issues of the most serious national and international crimes committed in human history and the political and legal measures taken by states to prevent their commission, as well as the question of the justice system responsible for these acts have been discussed by countless authors. However, there has been no attempt to present a set of interdependent elements that make it possible to organise this topic.
The validity of the proposed research is based on the opinion that has been formulated after reviewing extensive documentation and supported by research already conducted, that the crime of genocide is usually committed by the ruling elite against the ruled, regardless of whether the ruling elite has the support of the majority of a given society. On the other hand, the authors of the article propose to examine the effectiveness of international legal instruments in the interpretation and development of the definition of genocide
Keywords:
international crimes, genocide, war, international instruments, one-tier model of governanceReferences
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Academy „Stefan cel Mare” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5960-1164
Academy „Stefan cel Mare” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-7542
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