Bu makale Birleşmiş Milletler Soykırım Sözleşmesi geriye dönük uygulanabilir olsaydı, suçun maddi ve manevi unsurlarının oluşmamış olduğunu gösteren bir sonuca ulaşılacağını iddia etmektedir. Makale Osmanlı hükümeti ve üyelerinin soykırımı suçu işlemekle itham edilmesinin hiçbir geçerliliği olmadığını, sahih ya da mantıklı bir temeli bulunmadığını öne sürmektedir. Nitekim, tehcirin devletin kendi varlığını korumak üzere alındığında hukuki olarak meşru bir önlem olduğu iddia edilmektedir.
Abstract: This article argues that were the U.N. Genocide Convention to be retroactively applied to the Armenian genocide claim, the foregoing analysis leads us to conclude that the material and mental elements of the crime have not been constituted. Article shows that the claims accusing the Ottoman administration and its members of the crime of genocide are invalid and without sound or reasonable foundation. Consequently, it is argued that the relocation is a legally justifiable measure when taken by the state in order to protect its very existence.
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