Open AccessON THE ISSUE OF CRIMINALIZATION OF GENOCIDE
Author(s) -
N.S. Koshkin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problemy prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2075-7913
DOI - 10.14529/pro-prava200213
Subject(s) - criminalization , genocide , criminology , crimes against humanity , political science , criminal law , law , sociology , international law , war crime
This article discusses the process of criminalization of the most serious crimes in the history of humanity – genocide. The author uses the criterion of public danger since this criterion is the universally accepted in criminal law. The study concludes that the criminalization of genocide was scientifically based and necessary