
Origins of Genocide
This year the United Nations celebrated the ''Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide'', adopted in December 1948. It is time to recognize the man behind this landmark in international law. At the beginning were a few words: "New conceptions require new terms. By ‘genocide’ we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group". Rarely in history have paradigmatic ...
This year the United Nations celebrated the ''Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide'', adopted in December 1948. It is time to recognize the man behind this landmark in international law. At the beginning were a few words: "New conceptions require new terms. By ‘genocide’ we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group". Rarely in history have paradigmatic ...