Powerful and uncompromising! Andrew Nikiforuk’s piece is not just history - it’s a mirror. It asks what Lemkin would say today, as denial festers and memory fades.’ @thetyee.ca
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About #RaphaelLemkin #genocide
Raphael Lemkin (Rafał Lemkin)
b. 24.6.1900
d. 28.8.1959
Wikipedia:
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6/15 This "sociology of starvation" was outlined by Raphael Lemkin, who coined the word genocide. During WWII, Lemkin "spent a lot of time describing rations, rationing as a way of undermining groups," understanding food as a weapon against identity. #RaphaelLemkin #Genocide #Starvation #WarCrimes
What is genocide, and why does it matter?
Coined by Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin after the Holocaust, the term became international law in 1948. Yet it’s often misused in public discourse.
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📅 June 24, 1900: Raphael Lemkin was born. He coined the term genocide and played a key role in the 1948 Genocide Convention. His work remains central to efforts to prevent and address mass atrocities.
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Essay: Why have so few atrocities ever been recognised as genocide? @sightmagazine.bsky.social #genocide #WorldWarII #Holocaust #Nazis #RaphaelLemkin #ArmenianGenocide #RwandanGenocide #Srebrenicamassacre #IsraelHamasconflict #ICJ
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Mit dem #FritzBauer & #RaphaelLemkin #Filmpreis wollen wir Kino- Fernseh- und #Filmproduktion|en in zwei Kategorien (#Kurzfilm und #Langfilm) und einem #Sonderpreis auszeichnen die sich in besonderem Maße für #Demokratie, #Vielfalt und #Menschenrechte einsetzen.
El término #genocidio es obra de #RaphaelLemkin, jurista polaco judío que destacó a principios de los ‘40 en el emergente campo del derecho internacional…acuñó este neologismo para definir "las nuevas formas de violencia política que afligían al mundo"
Y vaya cómo #Chile sabe de #genocidio…
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#Genocide #WhatsInAWord
⚡️ #RaphaelLemkin – the Jewish-Polish legal scholar who coined the term #genocide and was the major driving force behind the 1948 United Nations #GenocideConvention⚡️
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#Genocide #WhatsInAWord
#RaphaelLemkin – the Jewish-Polish legal scholar who coined the term #genocide and was the major driving force behind the 1948 United Nations #GenocideConvention
By the way, what happened in #Vukovar in 1991 was not ruled to be #Genocide by the #ICTY.
Which is think is wrong and not in line with the concept that #RaphaelLemkin originally envisioned and the #UN enshrined.
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By the way, what happened in #Vukovar in 1991 was not ruled to be #Genocide by the #ICTY.
Which is think is wrong and not in line with the concept that #RaphaelLemkin originally envisioned and the #UN enshrined.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vukovar
#OTD Heute vor 120 Jahren wurde in #Lemberg #RaphaelLemkin geboren. Ihm ist es zu verdanken, dass der #Völkermord 1948 zum #Straftatbestand im #Völkerrecht wurde
#Genocide #CrimeOfGenocide #GenocideConvention #Lvov #Lviv #Jews https://x.com/JHIInstytut/status/1275712026703204355
