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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20231126 - news - Israel's destruction in al-Zahra neighbourhood in the centre of Gaza
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20231126 - unknown place, Northern Gaza - View of total destruction by Israelis
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20231125 - Beit Hanoun, Gaza - Impression of destruction by Israelis
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20231124 - unknown place, Gaza - Ruins of buildings destroyed by Israelis
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20231122 - unknown place, Gaza - Damaged and destroyed residential buildings
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20231122 - Gaza City - Totally destroyed residential building
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20231108 - unknown place, Gaza - Drone footage shows a whole destroyed area
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20231107 - Deir Al-Balah, Gaza - Israelis have used utmost disproportionality in attack on house of the Salman family, and also destroyed vicinity
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20231107 - Gaza City - Areal view of an complete destroyed area.
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