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What is "Apartheid" definition in international law? See short thread to know ⬇️ #EndIsraeliApartheid

#Apartheid is a prolonged & cruel system of segregation or discrimination on the grounds of race, by one racial group towards another. #EndIsraeliApartheid

Elements of the #Apartheid crime:

⚠️ An intent of a racial group to dominate another

⚠️ Systematic oppression by the dominant group over the marginalised group

⚠️ Inhumane acts

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#Apartheid

Is a #CrimeAgainstHumanity under the Apartheid Convention, in the Rome Statute & customary international law

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#Apartheid

Is committed when any inhuman act is perpetrated in the context of an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression & domination by one racial group over another, with the intent to maintain that system.

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#Apartheid

Is a violation of public international law, a grave violation of internationally protected human rights, and a crime against humanity under international criminal law

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