"In the chamber's opinion, they constitute genocide," Judge Kama said.

The court declared that rape may constitute genocide if committed with intent to destroy a particular group.

Iraq's repression of the Kurds already constitutes genocide.

Mr. Prosper also succeeded in persuading the judges to include rape among the crimes that constitute genocide.

The Council has also agreed to empanel an independent commission to investigate whether the violence in western Sudan constitutes genocide.

Rohrabacher considered the events in Bosnia to constitute genocide.

These acts, the commission said, qualified as a crime against humanity and would probably be found in court to constitute genocide.

Furthermore, the report continued, "it is likely to be confirmed in court under due process of law that these events constitute genocide."

Historians such as Henry Reynolds have argued that this constitutes genocide.

A moral debate ensues on what constitutes genocide.