Deconstruction of Soviet Deportations in Lithuania in the Context of the Genocide Convention
- 27 April 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Brill in International Criminal Law Review
- Vol. 21 (3), 588-608
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10057
Abstract
This paper explores Soviet deportations of Lithuanian citizens during occupations in 1940–1941 and 1944–1952 in the framework of a genocidal act as listed in Article ii, (c) of the 1948 Genocide Convention—deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. The focus of this paper is on the nature of Soviet deportations and the evaluation of two types of Soviet deportations from the perspective of legal elements indicated by Article ii, (c) of the Genocide Convention; including targeted persons, premeditation and principal mechanisms.Keywords
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