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The Legal Definition of Genocide and Its Evidentiary Challenges

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Since the Genocide Convention took effect in 1951, international courts have delivered only a handful of genocide convictions—the first was in 1998 for the Rwandan genocide—due to the extreme difficulty of proving specific intent.

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What turns a mass killing into the 'crime of crimes' beyond the sheer number of victims? The answer lies not just in the act, but in the hidden intent behind it.