Genocide was first recognised as a crime under international law in 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/96-I). It was codified as an independent crime in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The Convention has been ratified by 153 States (as of April 2022). The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has repeatedly stated that the Convention embodies principles that are part of general customary international law. This means that whether or not States have ratified the Genocide Convention, they are all bound as a matter of law by the principle that genocide is a crime prohibited under international law. The ICJ has also stated that the prohibition of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law (or ius cogens) and consequently, no derogation from it is allowed. Genocide is defined in the same terms as in the Genocide Convention in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Article 6), as well as in the statutes of other international and hybrid jurisdictions. |
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Erasing education
20231210 - Beit-Lahia , Northern Gaza - Israelis burning down UNWRA Khalifa school
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Erasing education
20231118 - Jabaliyah refugees camp, Gaza - Israelis bombed the UNWRA Al Fakhoura school for the 4th time
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240723 - unknown places, Gaza - Impression result of Israeli domicide
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240708 - Shujaiya, Gaza City - Video showing total destruction
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240622 -Qasr Al Basha, Gaza - View on mass destruction.
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240615 - Rafah, Southern Gaza - Israeli bulldozer raises an already destroyed building to the ground
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240606 - news - Al Jazeera releases footage of Israeli destruction
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240423 - news - Israelis left total destruction behind
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20240409 - Khan Younis, Southern Gaza - City after the Israelis have left