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Under the terms of Article II (c) of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes of Genocide of 9.12.1948 such mass deaths may form the basis for a charge of genocide against those Albanians responsible for the mass expulsion of the Roma.
This "ethnic cleansing" did not involve any campaign of genocide along the lines of the Serbian model but demonstrated instead that a mass exodus of population can be achieved simply through threats and intimidation and individual acts of brutality, rape, abduction and murder. The possibility that expulsion has resulted in deaths on a large scale in refugee camps in neighboring countries cannot be ignored.
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