ロシア政府系RIAノーボスチ（ロシア通信）「ロシアがウクライナにすべきこと」はジェノサイドの要件を満たす、という指摘

OCHI Megumi 越智　萌 @ochimegumi

ジェノサイドについて、形式的な説明ではなくもっと感覚的にわかりやすく説明したいと思います。

OCHI Megumi 越智　萌 @ochimegumi

ジェノサイドは、「あなたが属している国や民族は下等なものなのでこの世からなくしたいです」「自分がこれらの国や民族に属していると信じている人はそれをやめて、私の国や民族の一員となってください」を暴力的な方法で伝えること。

OCHI Megumi 越智　萌 @ochimegumi

この「国」や「民族」を自分が属しているもの（例えば「日本」）を入れて脳内再生してみてください。どう感じますか。国際協調、主権平等、文化的多様性といった様々な重要な価値を一挙に否定する概念だと言うことがわかるかと思います。

OCHI Megumi 越智　萌 @ochimegumi

ジェノサイド条約では「国」「民族」に加えて、「宗教」「人種」的集団でも対象になります。自分の意志で変えることのできない固有の所属のことだとされています。ただ国によって違いがあり、ルワンダでは、「地域」を入れています（定住地による差別に対応）。

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

As a genocide scholar I am an empiricist, I usually dismiss rhetoric. I also take genocide claims with a truckload of salt because activists apply it almost everywhere now. Not now. There are actions, there is intent. It's as genocide as it gets. Pure, simple and for all to see

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

Got questions about why I think it is genocide. Until this morning I resisted applying the term. War crimes? Sure. Heinous rhetoric? You bet. What changed is the combination of more and more evidence, from different places, and even more importantly, explicit official rhetoric /1

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

The official legal definition of genocide is "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such". When I teach genocide I start by saying that this definition has huge problems because it doesn't give us /2

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

clear thresholds (what "in part" does even mean?) and because it is almost impossible to prove intent. People who carry out genocide are usually not idiots, if there are orders at all they would be given orally. But, several things are important to realize. First, something /3

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

that doesn't start as genocide might evolve into one when conditions change. Russian invasion, in my view, did not start with clear genocidal intent, but evolved into one. Regime change and colonial subjugation are by themselves not enough to constitute genocide. Second, more /4

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

evidence that Bucha is not an exception. Each massacre might be local initiative, together they are a campaign. And most importantly, the RIA Novosti (a state outlet) piece is one of the most explicit statements of intent to destroy a national group as such that I've ever seen /5

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

I know Russian. I have read a lot of Russian nationalist rhetoric in my life. This is not some wild intellectual fantasy, it is a clear, actionable statement of intent by a state agency. The UN definition is problematic, but in this case it fits like a glove

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

Expanded my arguments for the Washington Post. What we know now is not yet enough to prosecute people for genocide, but before we even get there we need to call a spade a spade. That’s what I am trying to do. Accountability next. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel

As expected, my claim that we see a genocide in Ukraine is being contested by several other scholars. That’s normal, that is what scholars do. What is more important is that even those who disagree with me (at least those views that I saw) and think that my genocide claim goes /1