Editing Genocide Convention (section)

=== Killing members of the group ''Article II(a)'' ===
While mass killing is not necessary for genocide to have been committed, it has been present in almost all [[List of genocides by death toll|recognized genocides]]. In certain instances, men and adolescent boys are singled out for murder in the early stages, such as in the [[Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL|genocide of the Yazidis by Daesh]],{{sfn|OHCHR|2016|loc=paras. [32–41]}} the [[Armenian genocide|Ottoman Turks' attack on the Armenians]],<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Vahakn |last=Dadrian |author-link=Vahakn Dadrian |title=The Secret Young Turk Ittihadist Conference and the Decision for World War I Genocide of the Armenians |journal=[[Holocaust and Genocide Studies]] |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=173, at [164] |date=1994 |doi=10.1093/hgs/7.2.173 |issn=1476-7937}}</ref> and the [[Rohingya genocide|Burmese security forces' attacks on the Rohingya]].<ref>{{cite report |author=[[Amnesty International]] |title='We Will Destroy Everything:' Military Responsibility for Crimes Against Humanity in Rakhine State, Myanmar |date=June 2018}}; {{cite report |author1=Fortify Rights |author2=[[US Holocaust Memorial Museum]] |title='They Tried to Kill Us All' Atrocity Crimes against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar |date=November 2017}}</ref> Men and boys are typically subject to "fast" killings, such as by gunshot.<ref>Prosecutor v. Karadžić, Case No. IT-95-5/18-T, Trial Judgment, Int'l Crim. Trib. for the Former Yugoslavia, 24 March 2016</ref> Women and girls are more likely to die slower deaths by slashing, burning, or as a result of sexual violence.<ref>{{cite report |author=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=1 March 1999 |title=Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda |page=215 |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/1999/03/01/leave-none-tell-story/genocide-rwanda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518155833/https://www.hrw.org/report/1999/03/01/leave-none-tell-story/genocide-rwanda |archive-date=18 May 2024}}; {{cite report |author=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=24 September 1996 |title=Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath |page=39 |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/1996/09/24/shattered-lives/sexual-violence-during-rwandan-genocide-and-its-aftermath |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513001929/https://www.hrw.org/report/1996/09/24/shattered-lives/sexual-violence-during-rwandan-genocide-and-its-aftermath |archive-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> The jurisprudence of the [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] (ICTR), among others, shows that both the initial executions and those that quickly follow other acts of extreme violence, such as [[rape]] and [[torture]], are recognized as falling under the first prohibited act.<ref>Prosecutor v. Semanza, Case No. ICTR-97-20-T, Trial Judgment, para. [320], 15 May 2003; Prosecutor v. Ntagerura, Case No. ICTR-99-46-T, Trial Judgment, para. [664], 24 February 2004,</ref>

A less settled discussion is whether deaths that are further removed from the initial acts of violence can be addressed under this provision of the Genocide Convention. Legal scholars have posited, for example, that deaths resulting from other genocidal acts, including causing serious bodily or mental harm or the successful deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction, should be considered genocidal killings.<ref name="Ashraph" />