The British prime minister Churchill had said "We are in the presence of a crime without a name".
Rapheal Lemkin named the crime and his efforts lead to a UN convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime. To Lemkin it was inconsistent with our concepts of civilization that a crime against an individual, for example selling drugs to the individual, was of worldly concern while the crime in question, though against millions, remained an internal affair of the state in question.
One may call the 20th century the age of the crime.
What name did Lemkin give the crime? Also, mention the latest occurrence of the crime.
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Since its a quote by Churchill its something to do with WW11...
My guess is destroying of a community (ala Jews during WW11).
The latest instance I am guessing is
is the Bosnian situation?
Is it Genocide? Then the latest occurrence would be Darfur, Sudan.
Genocide/Acts of genocide/Ethnic cleansing?
The latest occurrence I guess depends on whose definition we go by. I am not sure all governments have called Darfur genocide yet. Then there was Kosovo. I think Rwanda might be the last universally accepted example of genocide
genocide is my guess
Forgot the latest instance- Darfur, Sudan?
Genocide?
Genocide.
latest is one in Darfur or in Sri Lanka
crime = state censorship
latest occurrence = Iran
My guess is genocide...
Latest instance I guess is Darfur. If that doesn't qualify as a genocide, the Rwanda civil war in the 90s definitely should.
Nice question...
Well its Churchill and we're talking millions of individuals and we already had a question on the origin of 'Holocaust' - so this one could be 'genocide' and the latest one would be Darfur
Genocide?
I might be a little off here but ..
The crime : Genocide
Latest instance : Darfur
Yes, as many of you said, the word is Genocide and the latest instance is Darfur or Rwanda. Not all recognize Darfur to be a case of genocide. The US did.
Interesting Read: A problem from hell - America and the age of genocide.
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