title: Evolution of the concept of genocide through the lens of modern “memory wars”: International legal and intrastate dimensions
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metadata.value: Dorskaia, Aleksandra A.
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metadata.value: Dorskii, Andrei Yu.
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metadata.value: 2023-03-23T21:33:22Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-03-23T21:33:22Z
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metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Dorskaia, Aleksandra A., Andrei Yu. Dorskii. 2023. “Evolution of the concept of genocide through the lens of modern “memory wars”: International legal and intrastate dimensions”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law 1: 243–253. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2023.115
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2023.115
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39389
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metadata.value: The article examines how the concept of genocide has evolved at the international and national
  legal levels, beginning with its origins at the doctrinal level and culminating in international
  conventions and national regulatory acts. Challenges regarding the definition of genocide and
  ambiguous interpretation of genocide in relation to crimes against humanity were identified.
  It is demonstrated that international justice bodies interpret the concept of genocide differently.
  The study concluded that humanity did not fully utilize the potential of the United Nations
  and International Criminal Tribunals in order to develop a joint measured approach to assessing
  historical events, specifically World War II and the genocide in 1939–1945, in the context
  of actualizing history and triggering memory wars. The positions of states to consolidate the
  crime of genocide in criminal legislation are considered: compliance with the definition of
  genocide in international conventions, extension of the list of groups against whose members
  the genocide can be committed, leaving the list open as to which groups can be included. The
  preferences of the second option are shown. Examples of states turning to the facts of genocide
  committed in the past are given (for instance, Armenia towards Turkey, Namibia towards
  Germany, Poland towards Germany and Russia, Russia towards Germany and its allies during
  World War II), and it has been suggested that the material responsibility of states cannot be applied to events before 1945, since the desire to avoid it leads to non-recognition of political
  international-legal responsibility.
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metadata.value: The part of the A. A. Dorskaia’s research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), according
  to the research project no. 22-28-01346 “Experiencing history as a factor in the self-identification of
  states and peoples in the 21st century: The legal dimension”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Law;Volume 14; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: genocide
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: international crime
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: official remembrance policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: memory wars
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: selfidentification of states
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: self-identification of peoples
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Evolution of the concept of genocide through the lens of modern “memory wars”: International legal and intrastate dimensions
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metadata.value: Article
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