Reply #191: for it is not the fact of annihilation that constitutes the crime of genocide,

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“Genocide is a denial of the right of existence of entire human groups, as homicide is the denial of the right to live of individual humanbeings.”1But this definition bears reading again, for it is not the fact of annihilation that constitutes the crime of genocide, but rather denial of the right of existence of an entire given group. This nuance is important.Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention —now the legal standard2— makes this point clear by focusing on the concept of intent, supplementing this with the important phrase,“in whole or in part”, thus grounding genocide


http://www.brusselstribunal.org/pdf/NotesOnGenocideInIraq.pdf