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1. www.britannica.com › topic › genocideGenocide | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

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   Sep 25, 2024 · The genocide convention was the first legal instrument to disentangle the most heinous of crimes against humanity from the “war-nexus” requirement, which had limited the jurisdiction of the Nürnberg tribunal to cases in which a crime against humanity was committed in conjunction with a crime against interstate peace. Instead, the convention declared that genocide is an international crime ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GenocideGenocide - Wikipedia

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   Genocide is widely considered to be the epitome of human evil and often referred to as the "crime of crimes"; consequently, events are often denounced as genocide. Origins The Holocaust heavily influences the popular understanding of genocide, as mass killing of innocent people based on their ethnic identity.

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   The Genocide Convention establishes in Article I that the crime of genocide may take place in the context of an armed conflict, international or non-international, but also in the context of a ...

5. www.bbc.com › news › world-11108059How do you define genocide? - BBC News

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   Aug 27, 2010 · Genocide is understood by most to be the gravest crime against humanity. It is defined as a mass extermination of a particular group of people - exemplified by the efforts of the Nazis to ...

6. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › article › what-is-genocideWhat is Genocide? | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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   Sep 25, 2024 · Genocide is an international crime, according to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948). The acts that constitute genocide fall into five categories: Killing members of the group. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life ...

7. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleHow genocide is defined—and why it’s so difficult to prove

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   Apr 20, 2022 · Genocide was outlawed in 1948, but it took decades to convict anyone of the crime. First was the 1994 Rwandan civil war that killed 800,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of children.

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   What is genocide & why is it a crime?

   • Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people.

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   How did the term 'genocide' come about?

   • Here’s how the term genocide came about—and why it’s so difficult to prove. Genocide was outlawed in 1948, but it took decades to convict anyone of the crime. First was the 1994 Rwandan civil war that killed 800,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of children. Refugee camps displayed these photographs to fi...Read More ---

   How genocide is defined—and why it’s so difficult to prove

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   Is 'genocide' a legal term?

   • The word “genocide” was used in the indictment as a way to describe Nazi crimes of the Holocaust. It was not, however, a legal term at this time. After the Holocaust, the word “genocide” was established as a legal term for a specifically defined international crime.

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   What types of crimes constitute genocide?

   • The acts that constitute genocide fall into five categories: Although the term “genocide” is often used, its commission is rare when compared to other serious crimes that are not defined by an intent to destroy a targeted group, such as crimes against humanity and war crimes. The word “genocide” did not exist prior to World War II.

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   When did Genocide become an international crime?

   • On December 9, 1948, the United Nations approved a written international agreement known as the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This convention established genocide as an international crime, which signatory nations “undertake to prevent and punish.”

   What is Genocide? - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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   Why was the Genocide Convention important?

   • The genocide convention was the first legal instrument to disentangle the most heinous of crimes against humanity from the “war-nexus” requirement, which had limited the jurisdiction of the Nürnberg tribunal to cases in which a crime against humanity was committed in conjunction with a crime against interstate peace.

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9. www.ushmm.org › genocide-prevention › learn-aboutWhat is Genocide? - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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   Genocide is an international crime, according to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948). The acts that constitute genocide fall into five categories: Killing members of the group. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life ...