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And that argument i think is a powerful one. when you say it resonates with you, with all respect, have you not, to a certain extent, fallen into the trap? because you write very frankly, very honestly about the impact it has had on you going to visit the region known as galicia. its been variously polish, and occupied—german and russian, and currently, i think, the town where some of yourfamily is from is ukraine. youve been to this region, a troubled region, and you went to the village where...

Invented at the same time. crimes against humanity, basically driven by a cambridge professor, hersch lauterpacht, we must protect individuals because they are living, breathing, sentient beings as individuals. lemkin says "no". people get killed en masse, not because what theyve done but, because they are a member of a group. the law must protect them as a group. "no," says lauterpacht. "if you protect them as a group, you will replace the tyranny of the state with the tyranny of the group." an...

War crime, in international law, a serious violation of the laws and customs of war.

Concern is mounting about the devastating effects of the conflict raging in Tigray since November.

Concern is mounting about the devastating effects of the conflict raging in Tigray since November.

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SHI YU/CHINA DAILY In January 2021, on his final full day in office, as his parting salvo, the former lame-duck US secretary of state Mike Pompeo dropped a bombshell by falsely accusing China of "genocide" in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Afterward, a few Western politicians, media outlets, and scholars jumped on the bandwagon to perpetuate the false accusation and unleash fiery rhetoric against China. The plain facts on the ground and the well-settled law of genocide inevitably lea...

February 17, 2021 03:49:52 pm JURIST’s new Explainer section aims to provide easily digestible explanations of some of the more complex legal issues underpinning our global news coverage. The crime of genocide has reemerged in global headlines since the United States accused Beijing in January of committing genocide against the Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in western China. In the popular imagination, declarations of genocide and crimes against humanity tend to conjure ...

UNFAIR “CONCENTRATION CAMPS” COMPARISONS: IS THERE ANYTHING JEWISH LEFT ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST? If the British invented concentration camps, the Nazis redefined them as the epitome of pure evil. Unfortunately, current encyclopedias and organizations fall short of making the distinction between Nazi and other camps. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) defines concentration camps as a place in which “people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without re...