The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The term genocide had been coined by the Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who campaigned for such a treaty. The convention defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, such as killing members of the group or deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about its destruction. It obliges states to prevent and punish genocide. It came into force in 1951, and it forms the basis for cases at international courts.
Before and after
- 26 November 1948Birth of Elizabeth Blackburn
- 1 December 1948Founding of People's Bank of China
- 3 December 1948Birth of Ozzy Osbourne
- 6 December 1948Birth of Yoshihide Suga
- 9 December 1948Genocide Convention
- 10 December 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 20 December 1948Birth of Abdulrazak Gurnah
- 21 December 1948Birth of Samuel L. Jackson
- 1 January 1949Establishment of Tatra National Park
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