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: Erasing habitability
- Category: ecocide
20240702 - unknown place, Gaza - Garbage piling up risking outbreak of diseases
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > children
20240408 - unknown place, Gaza - Babies found dead in Nov. 2023 in Al-Nasser now skeletons
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > families in whole or in part
This case is documented both under Dystopian war > Targeting forced displaced people and Genocide > Targeting families in whole or in part. Click 'Read more' to continue to read the background information and to watch the videos. |
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > families in whole or in part
20231228 - Rafah, Southern Gaza - Israeli drone targets tents of displaced Qasas family from Al-Zuhour
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > families in whole or in part
20231125 - Salah al-Din Road, Gaza - Entire family was killed by Israeli army while it was heading to the south
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > mass killings & massacres
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Photos: 20240810 - Al-Daraj, Gaza City - Israeli airstrike at dawn kills at least 100 displaced people
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > mass killings & massacres
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Videos: 20240810 - Al-Daraj, Gaza City - Israeli airstrike at dawn kills at least 100 displaced people
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > mass killings & massacres
20240713 - Al Mawasi, Southern Gaza - Israelis bombed the tent camp. at least 90 killed.
15 more videos on this page.
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- Parent Category: GENOCIDE I
- Category: Targeting civilians > mass killings & massacres
20240713 - Al Mawasi, Southern Gaza - Israelis bombed the tent camp. at least 90 killed.
15 more videos on this page.