Defining genocide in the light of ICTY and ICTR decisions

The international Convention on the prevention and suppression of the crime of genocide (1948) has enumerated some activities realized in order to destroy, partly or wholly, national, tribal, racial or ethnical groups. The aim has been to protect the existence of these groups. Although the crime of genocide has not been eradicated, it was in the 1990s that the international criminal tribunals found the opportunity to clarify the elements of this crime. The present article shows the definition of the genocide in the light of the decisions of ITCY and ITCR.