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The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948, was the first human rights treaty to codify genocide as an internatio

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The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948, was the first human rights treaty to codify genocide as an international crime. It mandates states to prevent and punish acts intended to destroy national, ethnic, racial, or religious groups. Binding as customary law, it has shaped global justice from Nuremberg to modern tribunals.[1][2]