CILRAP » Case Matrix Network » CMN Knowledge Hub » Elements Digest » Art. 7 Crimes against humanity » Art. 7(1)(d) Deportation or forcible transfer » 8.c [Mental element for Element 5] [Circumstance of deportation or forcible transfer without grounds permitted under international law]: The perpetrator was aware that the deportation or forcible transfer was without grounds permitted under international

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Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadžić, Case No. IT-95-5/18-T, Public Redacted Version of Judgement Issued on 24 March 2016 – Volume I of IV (TC), 24 March 2016, para. 493:

"493. The mens rea required for deportation is the intent to forcibly displace the population across a de jure or de facto border. The mens rea for the crime of forcible transfer is the intent to forcibly displace the population within a national border. Deportation and forcible transfer do not require intent that the victims be displaced permanently, only that they be intentionally displaced."

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