Title: What is Genocide? | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Headings: What is Genocide?
What is Genocide?
The Term "Genocide"
The Crime of Genocide
Critical Thinking Questions

Content: d. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; e. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. While many cases of group-targeted violence have occurred throughout history and even since the Convention came into effect, the legal and international development of the term is concentrated into two distinct historical periods: the time from the coining of the term until its acceptance as international law (1944-1948) and the time of its activation with the establishment of international criminal tribunals to prosecute the crime of genocide (1991-1998). Preventing genocide, the other major obligation of the convention, remains a challenge that nations and individuals continue to face. Author (s): United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Critical Thinking Questions
When have events since 1945 been labeled genocide? What countries or institutions may label an atrocity as genocide? Is this significant? Why would the label of genocide be resisted or denied by non-involved countries?