Erasing Identity: A Study of the Legal Evolution of Cultural Genocide and its Implications for the Protection against State-imposed Extinction
(2022) LAGF03 20222Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Brottet folkmord kallas i folkmun för "brottets brott", vilket tyder på dess allvar och dess status som en jus cogens-norm i internationell rätt. Den nuvarande rättsliga definitionen av folkmord omfattar dock endast fysiska och biologiska handlingar, till skillnad från den ursprungliga definitionen som betonade innebörden av kulturellt folkmord. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka om den rättsliga utvecklingen av folkmord har medfört skillnader i fråga om skyddet av etniska minoriteter. Syftet med uppsatsen uppnås med hjälp av den rättsdogmatiska metoden, som används för att fastställa räckvidden och innehållet i respektive ramverk. Uppsatsen presenterar inledningsvis en historisk utvärdering av kulturellt folkmord, från Raphael... (More)
- Brottet folkmord kallas i folkmun för "brottets brott", vilket tyder på dess allvar och dess status som en jus cogens-norm i internationell rätt. Den nuvarande rättsliga definitionen av folkmord omfattar dock endast fysiska och biologiska handlingar, till skillnad från den ursprungliga definitionen som betonade innebörden av kulturellt folkmord. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka om den rättsliga utvecklingen av folkmord har medfört skillnader i fråga om skyddet av etniska minoriteter. Syftet med uppsatsen uppnås med hjälp av den rättsdogmatiska metoden, som används för att fastställa räckvidden och innehållet i respektive ramverk. Uppsatsen presenterar inledningsvis en historisk utvärdering av kulturellt folkmord, från Raphael Lemkins ursprungliga definition, till dess bearbetning i utvecklingen av folkmordskonventionen. Uppsatsen redogör därefter för den nuvarande innebörden av folkmord och dess rekvisit. Den sista delen av undersökningen innehåller en beskrivning av avhandlingens fallstudie, nämligen den kinesiska regeringens politik och lagstiftning i Kinas Xinjiang-region. Uppsatsen tillämpar sedan respektive ramverk på den aktuella fallstudien i syfte att visa ett praktiskt exempel på ramverkens räckvidd. Avslutningsvis ges en kritisk sammanfattning och diskussion av resultaten av tillämpningen, inklusive en analys av dess konsekvenser för skyddet av etniska minoriteter. Uppsatsens slutsats föreslår att det nuvarande brottet misslyckas i att skydda etniska minoriteter på ett adekvat sätt, framför allt eftersom det underlåter att erkänna innebörden av kulturell existens. (Less)
- Abstract
- The crime of genocide is popularly referred to as “the crime of crimes”, indicating its severity and its status as a jus cogens norm of international law. However, the current legal definition of genocide solely incriminates physical and biological acts of genocide, unlike the original definition that emphasized the significance of cultural genocide. This essay aims to investigate whether the legal evolution of the crime of genocide has resulted in differences to the protection of ethnic minority groups. The aim of the essay will be met using a method of legal dogmatics, useful in adequately establishing the scope and content of each framework. Firstly, the essay presents a historic evaluation of the concept of cultural genocide, ranging... (More)
- The crime of genocide is popularly referred to as “the crime of crimes”, indicating its severity and its status as a jus cogens norm of international law. However, the current legal definition of genocide solely incriminates physical and biological acts of genocide, unlike the original definition that emphasized the significance of cultural genocide. This essay aims to investigate whether the legal evolution of the crime of genocide has resulted in differences to the protection of ethnic minority groups. The aim of the essay will be met using a method of legal dogmatics, useful in adequately establishing the scope and content of each framework. Firstly, the essay presents a historic evaluation of the concept of cultural genocide, ranging from Raphael Lemkin’s original definition to its treatment in the development of the Genocide Convention. Secondly, the current crime of genocide is addressed with a thorough description of its elements. The final part of the investigation provides a description of the case study of the essay, namely the Chinese government’s policies in the Xinjiang region of China. The essay thereafter applies each framework on the case study at hand, intending to display an example of the frameworks’ scope in practice. Lastly, the essay concludes with a critical summary and discussion of the results of the application, including an analysis of its implications for the protection of ethnic minority groups. The findings of the essay suggest that the current definition insufficiently protects ethnic minority groups, specifically since it fails to recognize the significance of cultural existence. (Less)
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- author
- Edin, Samantha LU
- supervisor
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- Karol Nowak LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20222
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- folkrätt, public international law, folkmord, genocide, internationell straffrätt, international criminal law, kulturellt folkmord, cultural genocide
- language
- English
- id
- 9104840
- date added to LUP
- 2023-02-03 15:46:47
- date last changed
- 2023-02-03 15:46:57
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abstract = {{The crime of genocide is popularly referred to as “the crime of crimes”, indicating its severity and its status as a jus cogens norm of international law. However, the current legal definition of genocide solely incriminates physical and biological acts of genocide, unlike the original definition that emphasized the significance of cultural genocide. This essay aims to investigate whether the legal evolution of the crime of genocide has resulted in differences to the protection of ethnic minority groups. The aim of the essay will be met using a method of legal dogmatics, useful in adequately establishing the scope and content of each framework. Firstly, the essay presents a historic evaluation of the concept of cultural genocide, ranging from Raphael Lemkin’s original definition to its treatment in the development of the Genocide Convention. Secondly, the current crime of genocide is addressed with a thorough description of its elements. The final part of the investigation provides a description of the case study of the essay, namely the Chinese government’s policies in the Xinjiang region of China. The essay thereafter applies each framework on the case study at hand, intending to display an example of the frameworks’ scope in practice. Lastly, the essay concludes with a critical summary and discussion of the results of the application, including an analysis of its implications for the protection of ethnic minority groups. The findings of the essay suggest that the current definition insufficiently protects ethnic minority groups, specifically since it fails to recognize the significance of cultural existence.}},
author = {{Edin, Samantha}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Erasing Identity: A Study of the Legal Evolution of Cultural Genocide and its Implications for the Protection against State-imposed Extinction}},
year = {{2022}},
}