The question of genocide is a question of whether a government has the specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group. And that is a question for the International Criminal Court.
OverstatedJon Ossoff, at Georgia U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (Atlanta News First)
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Why we checked itOssoff asserts that genocide determinations fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court — this is a specific legal claim that can be checked against international law and ICC jurisdiction (which actually covers genocide under the Rome Statute, but the definition framing is also verifiable).
What we foundThe genocide definition (specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group) is accurate under international law, but attributing genocide determination to the ICC specifically is misleading — the ICC prosecutes individuals, not governments; state-level genocide responsibility is adjudicated by the ICJ.