 |
International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation
International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal
ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-3315 | Impact factor: 8.14 | ESTD Year: 2016
Scholarly open access journals, Peer-reviewed, and Refereed Journals, Impact factor 8.14 (Calculate by google scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool) , Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Indexing in all major database & Metadata, Citation Generator, Digital Object Identifier(DOI)
|
Issue: April 2026
Volume 11 | Issue 4
Review Result and Publication of Paper within : 2-3 days
Click Here For more DetailsFor Authors
Forms / Download
Published Issue Details
Editorial Board
Other IMP Links
Facts & Figure
Impact Factor : 8.14
Issue per Year : 12
Volume Published : 11
Issue Published : 119
Article Submitted : 23479
Article Published : 9055
Total Authors : 24029
Total Reviewer : 831
Total Countries : 162
Indexing Partner
Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
|
Published Paper Details
|
|
| Paper Title: | The legal definition of Genocide in the 1948 Convention is outdated and unlikely to meet the challenges of hate crimes in the 21st Century. It is ripe for reform. |
| Authors Name: | Muskan Sangwan |
| Download E-Certificate: | Download |
| Author Reg. ID: |
IJRTI_210563
|
| Published Paper Id: | IJRTI2603117 |
| Published In: | Volume 11 Issue 3, March-2026 |
| DOI: | |
| Abstract: | Genocide—what Winston Churchill called the "crime with no name" back in 1941 during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union—shows just how brutally systematic humans can get. Think ancient wipeouts like Carthage or Genghis Khan's rampages, all the way to colonial horrors like the Herero massacres. The word itself only popped up after World War II, baked into the 1948 Genocide Convention, which pins it down as deliberate acts to wipe out a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, fully or partly. But that tight definition—stuck on just four group types and needing rock-solid intent—leaves a ton of today's mass killings, hate-driven persecutions, and gender violence in a gray area. Other laws like crimes against humanity or hate crimes don't quite cover it. Courts have stretched the rules creatively, rethinking groups and what counts as genocidal acts. Still, this paper argues it's not enough for 21st-century threats. We need real fixes—doctrinal tweaks and maybe even rewriting the text—to make the law match the world's ugly realities. |
| Keywords: | Genocide, Rwanda Genocide, Kashmiri Pandits, Genocide Convention 1948, Protected Groups, Gender and the Genocide, Hate speech |
| Cite Article: | "The legal definition of Genocide in the 1948 Convention is outdated and unlikely to meet the challenges of hate crimes in the 21st Century. It is ripe for reform.", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2456-3315, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.b111-b116, March-2026, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2603117.pdf |
| Downloads: | 000102 |
| ISSN: |
2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016 An International Scholarly Open Access Journal, Peer-Reviewed, Refereed Journal Impact Factor 8.14 Calculate by Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool, Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Multilanguage Journal Indexing in All Major Database & Metadata, Citation Generator |
| Publication Details: |
Published Paper ID: IJRTI2603117
Registration ID:210563
Published In: Volume 11 Issue 3, March-2026
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
Page No: b111-b116 Country: Sonipat, Haryana, India Research Area: Arts Publisher : IJ Publication Published Paper URL : https://www.ijrti.org/viewpaperforall?paper=IJRTI2603117 Published Paper PDF: https://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2603117 |
| Share Article: | |
|
Click Here to Download This Article |
|
| Article Preview | |
|
|
|
Major Indexing from www.ijrti.org
| Google Scholar | ResearcherID Thomson Reuters | Mendeley : reference manager | Academia.edu |
| arXiv.org : cornell university library | Research Gate | CiteSeerX | DOAJ : Directory of Open Access Journals |
| DRJI | Index Copernicus International | Scribd | DocStoc |
ISSN Details
 |
 |
|
ISSN: 2456-3315
Impact Factor: 8.14 and ISSN APPROVED,
Journal Starting Year (ESTD) : 2016
DOI (A digital object identifier)
| Providing A digital object identifier by DOI.ONE How to Get DOI? |
Conference
Open Access License Policy
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Important Details
Join RMS/Earn 300
WhatsApp
Click Here
Click Here
Indexing Partner |
|||
| Copyright © 2026 - All Rights Reserved - IJRTI | |||