Amendment No. 8 | Doc. 14402 | 10 October 2017

Prosecuting and punishing the crimes against humanity or even possible genocide committed by Daesh

Signatories: Mr Talip KÜÇÜKCAN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Ms Emine Nur GÜNAY, Turkey, EC ; Mr Suat ÖNAL, Turkey, EC ; Ms Leyla ŞAHİN USTA, Turkey, EC

Origin - 2017 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 3, in the first sentence, after the words "conclusive evidence that", insert the following words:

", within the framework of criminal law,"

Explanatory note

In international law, "genocide" is a very narrow legal concept and denotes a clearly defined crime. According to the 1948 Genocide Convention, in order to incriminate a person with the crime of genocide, a competent court must ascertain that the crime has been committed exactly as defined in the Convention.