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Biden called Russia’s war in Ukraine ‘genocide’: Why that matters? • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 14 Apr 2022
Washington and Kyiv are accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine, but the ultimate war crime has a strict legal definition and has rarely been proven in court since it was cemented in humanitarian law after the Holocaust. The 1949 Geneva Conventions define it as an "intentional Effort to completely or partially destroy a group based on its nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion" as FRANCE 24's James André explains.
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