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Murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust
Punish a new crime, sometimes called the crime of crimes: genocide
The genocide convention was drawn up in 1948

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Quixplained: How genocide officially became a crime | ICJ Israel verdict

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The reason the genocide convention exists “is related directly to what Nazi Third Reich did to Jews.

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

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Quixplained: How genocide officially became a crime | ICJ Israel verdict

In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around a now-familiar pledge: Never again.

A key part of that lofty aspiration was the drafting of a convention that codified and committed nations to prevent and punish a new crime, sometimes called the crime of crimes: genocide.

The convention was drawn up in 1948, the year of Israel's creation as a Jewish state.

The reason the genocide convention exists “is related directly to what Nazi Third Reich attempted to do in eliminating a people, the Jewish people, not only of Germany, but of Eastern Europe, of Russia.