Tag: Genocides
June 24, 1900: Raphaël Lemkin, the man who made genocide a crime, was born
When he was a child, Raphael Lemkin feared exactly three things: needing glasses, losing his hair and becoming a refugee. By September 1939, all three had materialized, as he made his way across eastern...
Understanding Crimes Against Humanity: Genocide, Memory And The Future
In the aftermath of US President Donald Trump’s recent carte blanche to Turkey to destroy with impunity fragile Kurdish populations in Syria, the “civilized” world stands at the beginning of yet another unforgivable genocide. How is...