HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: United Nations General Assembly, Genocide Convention, Arms Race
22 Apr 2016
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Abolition, new modes of production, employment and mobility. Arms race, wwi and the league of nations. The cold war in the west and wars in the rest. Religion, resources and politics in the islamic world. The rise of new world disorder at the end of the cold war. Escalating suffering of civilians combined to bring about new conventions aimed at reinforcing existing ones. By resolution 260 a (iii) of december 9, 1948, the un general assembly adopted the. Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. Article 2 defines genocide as killing, causing physical and mental harm, causing the death, preventing births, child abductions, all done with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part a national, ethical, racial or religious group. Persons guilty of committing genocide or accessories of that crime are punishable under international law in the country where it was committed (article vi)
