Contents Introduction 1. The legal definition of genocide 2. The Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire: Was there a racist anti-Armenian discourse in the Ottoman Empire? a. Armenians in the Ottoman Empire's classical period up to the nineteenth century b. Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire: The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 3. Intent to relocate or intent to destroy? Ottoman intentions during the Armenian relocation a. Debates about an open declaration of intent b. Debates about the destruction of the leadership of the Armenian community c. Debates about the role of the Special Organization in the relocation of the Armenians d. Debates about the existence of a systematic plan of extermination before the Armenian relocation e. Debates about the inappropriate conditions during the Armenian relocation 4. Trials of Ottoman officials for war crimes including the ill-treatment of Armenians a. Two opposing views of the courts-martial b. The 1916 Courts-Martial: A CUP attempt to try the culprits c. The 1919-20 Courts-Martial and the Malta investigations 1 7 11 11 14 21 24 26 30 32 36 39 40 42 44 5. Relocation as a military precaution? a. Military motives of the Armenian relocation b. Activities of Armenian revolutionary organizations c. Ottoman-Armenian relations on the eve of the World War I and before the Armenian relocation d. Other examples of relocation on the basis of military necessity 6. The Armenian Diaspora and Armenian relocation a. Definition of the concept of “diaspora” and the Armenian Diaspora b. The division and historical evolution of the Armenian Diaspora c. State-Diaspora relations in the post-Cold War period 7. Parliaments vs. courts: Political resolutions and legal decisions regarding the relocation of the Armenians a. The Court of First Instance's Judgment (2003) b. The Judgment of Constitutional Council of France (2012) c. The European Court of Human Rights Judgment (2013) Conclusion Bibliography
