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On
this
point
,
we
observe
that
,
under
Article
I
of
the
Genocide
Convention
,
genocide
is
a
crime
under
international
law
,
whether
committed
in
time
of
peace
or
in
time
of
war
.
It
may
also
be
noted
that
the
presence
of
those
actively
involved
in
a
conflict
,
including
when
the
victims
bore
arms
,
has
not
been
an
obstacle
for
the
international
courts
in
finding
their
killing
to
be
a
crime
against
humanity
(
see
Prosecutor
v.
Zoran
Kupreškić
et
al
.
,
ICTY-95
-
16
-
T
,
trial
judgment
,
14
January
2000
;
see
also
,
mutatis
mutandis
,
Croatia
v.
Serbia
,
cited
above
)
.
This
reasoning
applies
with
greater
force
where
the
crime
of
genocide
is
in
issue
.
On
this
point
,
we
note
that
,
under
Article
II
of
the
Genocide
Convention
,
genocide
is
not
defined
as
a
crime
directed
against
a
civilian
population
only
.
In
our
view
,
to
interpret
the
Genocide
Convention
as
not
applying
to
those
who
took
up
arms
to
defend
themselves
would
not
be
in
conformity
with
the
underlying
purpose
of
that
Convention
.
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