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9
Desèmber
1948

Genocide Convention adopted

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📅 9 Desèmber 1948 📍 International

The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It recognized genocide as an international crime and called for an international penal tribunal, but the path from treaty to a permanent court remained blocked for decades by Cold War rivalry and state sovereignty concerns.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Raphael Lemkin

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

United Nations General Assembly