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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Please, take note that this page contains a selection from our archives, and that you're viewing at examples of acts amounting to genocide.
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20231106 - unknown place, Gaza - Drone fooage shows an complete destroyed city
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
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20231105 - unknown place, Gaza - Israelis destroyed houses in a unknown neighborhood.
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
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20231104 - unknown place, Gaza - Impression of Israeli destruction
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
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20231101 - Jabalia refugees camp, northern Gaza - Aerial view of mass destruction
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
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20231030 - Gaza City - Israeli warplanes destroyed a residential tower in the middle of the city
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20231025 - unknown place, Gaza - View on street with ruined buildings
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20231025 - Gaza City - Completely leveled part of the city by Israelis
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- Parent Category: Erasing habitability
- Category: domicide
20231023 - Nuseirat refugee camp a day after totally destroyed by Israelis
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- Category: domicide
20231022 - unknown place, Gaza Strip - View on partially destroyed neighborhood