TY - BOOK ID - 126999366 TI - The Khmer Rouge and the crime of genocide : issues of genocidal intent with regard to the Khmer Rouge mass atrocities PY - 2012 SN - 303751440X 9783037514405 PB - Zürich: Dike, DB - UniCat KW - Genocide (International law) KW - Genocide KW - Political atrocities KW - Crimes against humanity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:126999366 AB - More than one million people died in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 under the regime of the Khmer Rouge. Thirty years later, a Cambodian court supported by the UN tries to hold legally accountable those most reponsible for the crime committed. This study presents some of the major legal issues relevant to possible genocide charges against the Khmer Rouge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. In a first part, the basic structure and elements of the crime of genocide under International Criminal Law are looked at, with a focus on the particular intent requirement and the issue of groups as targets of genocidal intent. The second part of the study examines the case of the Khmer Rouge mass atrocities based on the legal framework elaborated, discussing questions involved in the legal characterization of Khmer Rouge policies. These questions include the auto-genocide debate, the distinction between discriminatory mass killings and genocidal intent as well as the legal relevance of motives for group targeting. ER -