What is Genocide?

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Photo: The U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality.Source: Beeldbank WO2

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What are the origins of the term genocide?
Genocide: a legal term
Genocide convention
Criticisms of the term ‘genocide’
Which genocides have taken place?
Is genocide the ultimate evil?
Literature list
Author & Editors

What are the origins of the term genocide?

Genocide: a legal term

Genocide convention

Criticisms of the term ‘genocide’

Which genocides have taken place?

Is genocide the ultimate evil?

Literature list

Author

Laurien Vastenhout

Editors

Kayleigh Goudsmit

Katie Digan

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