“Actus reus” and “mens rea” international criminal delagenocide
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international crime, genocide, “actus reus”, “mens rea”Abstract
The existence of the international crime of Genocide, an inadmissible type of mass crime, marked by the evolution of normative texts followed by their immediate transport, requires normative determination. The problems we find in determining the difference between the physical and social elements of the crime, “actus reus”·and “mens rea”, stem from the traditional approach to clarifying these elements of the crime of Genocide. This article, in addition to a comprehensive overview of the elements of the offense provided for in national legislation and international criminal law, speaks to the specific characteristics and elements of the offense and the need to supplement them or change its legal regulation. The article establishes the “actus reus” and “mens rea” through the practice of the verdict on the occasion of the “Genocide in Srebrenica?” and the verdicts of the courts for genocide in other territories.
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