Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Defined by the 1948 Genocide Convention, it involves acts like killing, causing serious harm, or creating destructive conditions, with perpetrators facing international prosecution. 

Key Aspects of Genocide:

• Eligibility/Definition: Genocide requires a "special intent" ( ) to destroy a specific group. The five recognized acts are:

  • Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction.

  • Imposing measures intended to prevent births.

  • Forcibly transferring children to another group.

  • Killing members of the group.

  • Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group.