<h1>UN-commissioned panel finds possible genocide in besieged territory amid mass killings, famine, destruction and disputed legal responsibility</h1> A UN-commissioned panel and numerous rights experts have concluded that one state's military campaign in a besieged territory may amount to genocide, citing mass killings, destruction of infrastructure, and conditions causing famine; the state denies the allegation and argues its actions are defensive against a militant group that attacked it. Other governments, rights bodies and legal scholars say only a court can determine genocide. One country has brought a case at the International Court of Justice alleging genocidal intent, while the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for senior officials on related charges of starvation as a method of warfare, not genocide.