Evaluation of the Validity of the Concept of Genocide in Time Sociological Approach
Subject Areas : International Law
Shadi Tazesh
1
,
Seyed Ghasem Zamani
2
1 - Department of Law, University of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Law, University of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Genocide definition, validity, law rules, social realities, international law system.,
Abstract :
New emerging disciplines such as international criminal law, also, have been subjected to changes due to the ever-increasing acceleration of infrastructural and superstructure changes in the international community. Especially during the proceedings of international courts and confronting the facts, the mask of inexplicable rules has been broken. To meet international needs and establish true justice, it is necessary to review the existing rules. This article is aimed to assess the validity of the concept of genocide through the use of extralegal indicators, which will help us attain our objectives, including the efficiency and performance of legal rules in the international legal system. The key point is that the definition of genocide is not valid any more, and it's necessary to align it with the realities of the international community. Confronting the current definition of genocide with the definition of sociologists would be a way to provide an effective definition of this crime. It should be noted that this research utilizes a sociological, critical, realistic, and a phenomenological approach.
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