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Genocide: 1900 to Present: South, Central, and West Asia
In 1948, the United Nations (UN) Genocide Convention defined the crime of genocide as the attempt to destroy, in whole or in part, entire population groups, whether by killing or by other means. The term genocide is formed from the Latin root genos (race, tribe) and the Latin cida (killing) and incorporates the concept of ...
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