The concept and nature of genocide: A look at the legal aspects of the genocide of Rohingya Muslims

Although genocide was not an independent crime in the past and was subject to crimes against humanity, the severity and heinous nature of the acts, as well as the special malice that is unique to this crime, quickly recognized it as an independent crime in international documents. This crime has been committed against various groups throughout history, the most recent of which is the Rohingya Muslim. Therefore, while examining the concept and nature of this crime, we study what are the legal dimensions of the genocide of Rohingya Muslims?  

This is a qualitative and applied research in terms of purpose and in terms of collecting information by documentary method and studying international documents, sources related to the subject and the obtained information has been analyzed descriptively-analytically.

Although genocide is prohibited and criminalized in international instruments, including the Treaty on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Rome Statute, it is one of the crimes that is now a customary international law that obliges all non-member states to commit such acts. Numerous crimes have been committed against Rohingya Muslims so far, and the government has played an important role in committing and intensifying these crimes, in accordance with the examples of genocide in international instruments such as murder, grievous bodily harm, and deliberate deprivation of life. And measures to prevent childbirth, genocide are being committed in Myanmar.