Forgetting, hiding or obliterating the history of genocide perpetrated against a people also contributes to weakening the universal struggle against genocide.

Prior history of genocide or violence against a group.

Pursue prosecution of those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Encouraged by this indifference, Armenians successfully committed historical crime and genocide against Azerbaijanis.

Responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

The Prosecutor has recently completed investigation against sixteen suspects in respect of the genocide.

Far too often, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide have been perpetrated with blatant impunity.

We need consensus on the responsibility to protect people from genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

In the course of aggression the Armenian nationalists committed terrible crimes of genocide against the Azerbaijani population.

We must not allow the perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to go unpunished.

He was convicted of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity and sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.

The world has a responsibility to react in order to prevent genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

The principle of non intervention cannot be used to shield genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

New Zealand strongly supports the principles of responsibility to protect , which set out clearly the need for collective action against genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Recalling the responsibilities of States to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other egregious crimes perpetrated against children,

Genocide.

Terrorism and the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity were also highlighted.

We also view the ICC as an essential instrument for the prevention of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

It entails our national and collective responsibility to act in cases of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Recalling that 133 States Members of the United Nations have adhered to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, assuming the obligation to prevent and punish genocide, including war crimes and crimes against humanity,

56. Acknowledges the contributions of the international criminal tribunals and special courts in ending impunity for the most serious crimes against children, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

All war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are crimes under United Kingdom criminal law and can thus be enforced by prosecution against UK service personnel anywhere in the world.

Thirdly, the Security Council must call for the prosecution of those who commit crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes, including crimes involving sexual and other violence against women and girls.

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The Forgotten Genocide

We also strongly support proposals for voluntary restrictions on its use, in particularly in situations of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to put an end to impunity and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,

Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to put an end to impunity and prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,

The Council rejects unconstitutional changes of government and provides for intervention in member States in response to war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

We share the commitment of parties to the Rome Statute to bring to justice those who perpetrate genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Those objectives include, first and foremost, the prevention and punishment of the most serious international crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Thus, our national criminal code would incorporate crimes such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, which were not previously part of it.

We, the witnesses of Khodjaly genocide, who miraculously outlived the tragedy, condemning all kinds of genocide and terrorism against humanity, once more appeal with high hope to the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the civilized world community, and call for rendering a legal and political assessment of the Khodjaly genocide.

It welcomed the recognition by the 2005 World Summit of the international community's responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and reaffirmed its support for the Special Adviser to the Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide.

The Summit had recognized explicitly that every State had the responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

It goes without saying that national authorities have the primary responsibility to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Clearly, the international community cannot and should not sit idly by when faced with the heinous crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

We agree that the protection of populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity lies first and foremost with each individual State.

As these indicators may be present in States not moving towards violence or genocide, the assessment of their significance for the purpose of predicting genocide or violence against identifiable racial, ethnic or religious groups should be supplemented by consideration of the following subset of general indicators

As to genocide, ethnic cleansing and other such crimes against humanity, are they not also threats to international peace and security, against which humanity should be able to look to the Security Council for protection?

Never Again to Genocide Trials

Agreement among Member States to better address grave situations such as those involving genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity itself constitutes significant progress.

Armenians committed a very grave historical crime the Khodjaly genocide against the Azerbaijanis at the end of the twentieth century, before the eyes of civilized humankind.

His Government asked the international community to intervene in order to end the genocide against the Palestinians and the spiral of violent State terrorism in Gaza.

Only recently, our leaders have agreed to devise methods of taking responsibility to protect innocent civilians from genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity.