1. For example, Canada has introduced a wider definition of genocide than that provided for in Art. 6 of the Statute. The Canadian Act respecting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and to implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, S.C. 2000, c. 24, provides that genocide is ‘an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, an identifiable group of persons, as such’. For commentary thereon, see the article of W. Schabas in this volume, pp. 337 at 340–341.
2. W._Fenrick, ‘The Law Applicable to Targeting and Proportionality After Operation Allied Force: A View from the Outside’, in this volume, pp. 53 at 79–80.
3. The UN Security Council paid some attention to the question of prevention during its second open meeting on the role of the Security Council in conflict prevention, 20 July 2000. See also Statement by the President of the Security Council, S/PRST/2000/25, 20 July 2000, which stressed ‘the need to create a culture of prevention’.
4. P. Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda (New York, Picador 1998) p. 170.
5. S/1999/957 of 8 September 1999. See 2 YIHL (1999) p. 214.