THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLES 2 AND 3 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE (1948) IN THE LIGHT OF THE JURISPRUDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES

Through the analysis of the sentences of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Court of Justice, the article proposes an interpretation of the second and third article of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by the United Nations in 1948. On one hand, the author takes into consideration the question of genocide in a socio-anthropological and historical perspective and in the international law, on the other, she highlights the issues of inconsistencies and contradictions that have distinguished other interpretations of the two articles of the Convention.