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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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United Nations, New York: Mr. Raphael Lemkin, who coined the word "Genocide".
26 June 1947 United Nations, New York: The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was adopted on 9 December 1948.
09 December 1948 Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France: Mr. Raphael Lemkin (left) and Mr. Ricardo Alfaro (Panama), Chairman of the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee, in conversation before the 179th plenary meeting of the General Assembly at which the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted.
11 December 1948 Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France: Mr. Amado (Brazil), in conversation with Mr. Raphael Lemkin (right), before a plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
United Nations, New York: Mr. Raphael Lemkin, who coined the word "Genocide". 26 June 1947
United Nations, New York: The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was adopted on 9 December 1948.		 9 December 1948
Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France: Mr. Raphael Lemkin (left) and Mr. Ricardo Alfaro (Panama), Chairman of the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee, in conversation before the 179th plenary meeting of the General Assembly at which the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted.		 11 December 1948
Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France: Mr. Amado (Brazil), in conversation with Mr. Raphael Lemkin (right), before a plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
       
11 December 1948 United Nations, New York: Mr. Ales Bebler (Yugoslavia), signing of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
16 December 1949 United Nations, New York (from left to right): Mr. K.V. Kiselev, Byelorussian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Alexander Panyushkin, USSR Ambassador to the United States; Mr. Ivan Kerno, Assistant Secretary-General for the Department of Legal Affairs; and Mr. Alexei D. Voina, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, signing the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
14 October 1950 United Nations, New York, sitting (from left to right): Mr. John P. Chang, (Korea); Mr. Jean Price-Mars (Haiti); Mr. Nasrollah Entezam (Iran), President of the General Assembly; Mr. Jean Chauvel (France); and Mr. Ruben Esquivel De La Guardia (Costa Rica), the representatives of four states who ratified the Convention on 14 October 1950.
17 December 1953 United Nations, New York: Mr. Charles Malik (Lebanon), depositing his Government's instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and Mr. Constantin Stavropoulos (right), Principal Director in charge of the UN Legal Department.
11 December 1948
United Nations, New York: Mr. Ales Bebler (Yugoslavia) signing the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.		 16 December 1949
United Nations, New York (from left to right): Mr. K.V. Kiselev, Byelorussian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Alexander Panyushkin, USSR Ambassador to the United States; Mr. Ivan Kerno, Assistant Secretary-General for the Department of Legal Affairs; and Mr. Alexei D. Voina, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, signing the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.		 14 October 1950
United Nations, New York, sitting (from left to right): Mr. John P. Chang, (Korea); Mr. Jean Price-Mars (Haiti); Mr. Nasrollah Entezam (Iran), President of the General Assembly; Mr. Jean Chauvel (France); and Mr. Ruben Esquivel De La Guardia (Costa Rica), the representatives of four states who ratified the Convention on 14 October 1950. [Read more]		 17 December 1953
United Nations, New York: Mr. Charles Malik (Lebanon), depositing his Government's instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and Mr. Constantin Stavropoulos (right), Principal Director in charge of the United Nations Legal Department.
       
12 March 1993 Outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: At the "Killing Fields", shelves filled with skulls testifying to Cambodia's tragic past.
14 March 1993 Outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: young children at the "Killing Fields" memorial.
08 May 1998 Kigali, Rwanda: Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his spouse, Mrs. Nane Annan, being shown the burial site of the genocide victims of the Ecole Technique during their visit in Rwanda.
13 June 2001 Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, Headquarters of the American Jewish Committee, New York: Mrs. Nane Annan (left) addressing a meeting honoring the legacy of Mr. Raphael Lemkin and his work aimed at advancing the recognition of genocide as an international crime.
12 March 1993
Outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: At the "Killing Fields", shelves filled with skulls testifying to Cambodia's tragic past.		 14 March 1993
Outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: young children at the "Killing Fields" memorial.		 08 May 1998
Kigali, Rwanda: Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his spouse, Mrs. Nane Annan, being shown the burial site of the genocide victims of the Ecole Technique during their visit in Rwanda.		 13 June 2001
Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, Headquarters of the American Jewish Committee, New York: Mrs. Nane Annan (left) addressing a meeting honoring the legacy of Mr. Raphael Lemkin and his work aimed at advancing the recognition of genocide as an international crime.
       
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