The lawyer Raphael Lemkin hoped to use international law to curb abuses of power. But his efforts were curtailed from the start.
    • tsonfeir@lemmy.world
      8·
      6 months ago

      Genocide never stopped. We only know about it because people got “upset” on social media. Plenty of people are dying. Yemen is an absolute mess.

    • BlameThePeacockEnglish
      52·
      6 months ago

      History is written by the victors.

      This is not a new concept.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    13·
    6 months ago

    The ICC (International Criminal Court in The Hague) prosecutes genocide. The downside is that the US and Israel do not support the ICC - and they are in an illustrous group of non-supporters like China, Russia, North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.

    • RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com
      3·
      6 months ago

      That’s quite the party. Interesting that the USA wants to be seen with those others, but you gotta agree to compromise if you plan to do some light crimes against humanity from time to time without getting prosecuted.