Preventing Genocide

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About the Genocide Convention:

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide or the Genocide Convention codified the crime of genocide for the first time. It was the 1st human rights treaty adopted by the UNGA.
The use of the term ‘genocide’ is credited to Raphael Lemkin. He was a Polish lawyer noted for initiating the Genocide Convention.
India, along with Panama and Cuba, sponsored the General Assembly Resolution 96(I) to affirm genocide as ‘a crime under international law’ in 1946.
The adoption of this resolution led to the drafting of a convention for the prohibition of genocide. This was passed by the UNGA in 1948.

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