Should the United Nations Genocide Convention be revised?
...ical aspects of it being excluded because there are no “stable” characteristics seems ridiculous. It seems like the political features would be some of the most important things to look for. Aren’t acts against the government and political groups considered mass killing with a purpose? Or would that be seen as terrorism within itself? To me, that’s one point that needs to definitely be made in terms of the UN Genocide Convention. I feel as if political assemblies are important groups in our history and need to earnestly be considered for acts of genocide. It, genocide, declares itself, conspiracy or incitement to commit genocide, attempts to perpetrate in the task of genocide all to be illegal. Individuals are to be held responsible for these acts whether they were acting in their official abilities or as private individuals. This, to me is one thing that is good about the UN Genocide Convention. It’s straight forward and proves a point that genocide is a serious act and it almost implies that this horrid act gets overlooked in many cases. Since people suspected of acts of genocide may be tried by a national committee in the territory where the acts were committed or by a properly constituted international court whose jurisdiction is recognized by the state or states involved, it seems important to me, and many other folks, that for purposes of expulsion, an accusation of genocide is not to be considered a political crime, and states are bound to hand over suspects in agreement with national laws and treaties. The fact that any state party to the Convention may also convene upon the United Nations to act to prevent or punish acts of genocide is a very important part of the Convention. Without the idea that it is really our moral duty to take action upon operations of genocide, or operations that may lead to genocide, nothing would get done about this sort of international crime. The remainder of the Convention that specifies procedures for resolving disputes between nations about whether a specific act or acts constitute(s) genocide, and gives procedures for approval of the convention, I think needs some revisions. Despite the convention, several certifiable cases of genocide have occurred in the past 50 years. Some tyrants known for genocide have even been feted and fawned over at the United Nations. Since it is more than fifty years later, there are certain portions of the Convention that s...