This biographical video chronicles how Dr. Raphael Lemkin created (or coined) the term genocide. The video also explores how Lemkin lead the movement to have the crime of genocide recognized in international law, through the United Nations Genocide Convention in 1948.
Conventional Revolution: Raphael Lemkin and the crime without a name
Resource metadata
- Education level
- 9 - 12
- Source
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Format
- Video
- Language
- English
- Topic
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