Ms. Carolyn Knobel at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On March 28th, 2022. See this statement in context.

March 28th, 2022 / 12:15 p.m.

Director General and Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

I won't go into solicitor-client privilege information, but I will note that the specific intent requirement is key to the definition of genocide. Absent a finding of that specific intent, crimes could amount to things such as crimes against humanity or war crimes.

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