CAS HI 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Genocide Convention, United Nations General Assembly, Cultural Genocide
13 Mar 2017
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A coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. Advocated the creation of an international legal instrument to prevent genocide. Criminalization of the destruction of ethnic/national, religious, minority groups. Coined the term for this very purpose. Argued that there was nothing in international law that talked about genocide being illegal. Against jews in europe during world war ii. Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (adopted by. Un general assembly, dec. 9, 1948 [general assembly resolution 260], entered into force, jan. 12, 1951) Article i- the contracting parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and punish. However, the convention emphasizes punishment, not prevention.
