“More than 50 million people were systematically murdered in the past 100 years- the century of mass murder” “In sheer numbers, these and other killings make the 20 th century the bloodiest in human history” - R.J Rummel (political science professor at the University of Hawaii)

Raphael Lemkin Polish Jew Holocaust Survivor, lawyer Coined the term Genocide in 1944 Coined the term Genocide in 1944 Geno- from the Greek word Genos, meaning birth, race, kind, tribe, family Cide- from the Latin word Cida, meaning to kill 9 December 1948, 9 December 1948, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide