Crime of extermination

Definition of the Crime of Extermination

The Elements of the Crime of Extermination

Extermination is the intentional and massive homicide of an entire group of persons. The international law of armed conflict specifically establishes that it is forbidden to attack civilians (GCIV Art. 32, API Art. 51.2, and APII Art. 13); to murder or exterminate the wounded or sick, the shipwrecked, prisoners of war, and civilians (GCI and GCII Art. 12, GCIII Art. 13, GCIV Art. 32, API Art. 10, and APII Art. 7); or to order that there shall be no survivors (API Art. 40).

The Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in July 1998 and entered into force in July 2002, includes extermination in the crimes against humanity over which it will have jurisdiction. It defines extermination as “includ[ing] the intentional infliction of conditions of life, inter alia the deprivation of access to food and medicine, calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population” (Art. 7.2.b).

The exact meaning of this crime is listed in a separate document adopted by the Assembly of State Parties to the ICC and called the “Elements of Crime.” The crime of extermination requires that:

The perpetrator killed one or more persons, including by inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population;
The conduct constituted, or took place as part of, a mass killing of members of a civilian population;
The conduct was committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population;
The perpetrator knew that the conduct was part of or intended the conduct to be part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.

Details: Parent Category: Crime of extermination; Category: The Giora Eiland's Generals Plan in practice

20241222 - news - 70 percent of homes in Jabaliyah refugee camp destroyed by Israelis

Details: Parent Category: Crime of extermination; Category: The Giora Eiland's Generals Plan in practice

20241222 - Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza - Fire in the Kamal Adwan Hospital as Israelis opened an assault on unarmed people (3 videos)

Details: Parent Category: erasing healthcare & medical treatment; Category: targeting and/or destroying hospitals

20241222 - Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza - Fire in the Kamal Adwan Hospital as Israelis opened an assault on unarmed people (3 videos)

Details: Parent Category: Crime of extermination; Category: The Giora Eiland's Generals Plan in practice

20241221 - UN - WFP report about what could only reach Northern Gaza (1)

Details: Parent Category: Crime of extermination; Category: The Giora Eiland's Generals Plan in practice

Northern Gaza

20241221 - news - Knesset members and government officials had an observation tour on Dec. 19th in Gaza

Details: Parent Category: erasing habitability; Category: bombardment, shelling, etc.

20241221 - Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza - The sound of warplanes above the city was reported at 22.34 local time

Details: Parent Category: Crime of extermination; Category: The Giora Eiland's Generals Plan in practice

20241221 - Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza - Situation in the Kamal Adwan Hospital hours before the Israelis launch their attack

Details: Parent Category: erasing healthcare & medical treatment; Category: targeting and/or destroying hospitals

20241221 - Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza - Situation in the Kamal Adwan Hospital hours before the Israelis launch their attack

Details: Parent Category: erasing habitability; Category: domicide

20241220 - Jabaliya, Northern Gaza - Unknown Israeli war criminal posted this video online (subtitled)

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