for respect” “fundamental freedoms” “without and distinction to race, sex, language or religion” for the principles enshrined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Polish Jewish lawyer, Raphael Lemkin who – had lost 49 of his relatives in the Holocaust the concept of genocide based on the experience of Armenian Christians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks and the massacre of Assyrian Christians at Simele, in Iraq, in 1933. Lemkin argued that “international co-operation” was needed, mankind from such an “to liberate odious scourge”. Genocide the crime above all crimes - is defined – in Article 2 of the 1948 Convention and the 147 signature countries have a moral and legal duty to, to prevent and to punish. “undertake Too often, though, never again happens all over again and it is happening now. – The House of Commons, the American Congress, the European Parliament and many other legislative bodies have all crimes declared today’s in Syria and Iraq, against Christians and Yazidis, to be genocide under the terms of the Convention. The said the destruction of Christians Times “now amounts to nothing less than
respect” for “fundamental freedoms” “without distinction to race, sex, language or religion” and for the principles enshrined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Polish Jewish lawyer, Raphael Lemkin – who had lost 49 of his relatives in the Holocaust the concept of genocide based on the experience of Armenian Christians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks and the massacre of Assyrian Christians at Simele, in Iraq, in 1933. Lemkin argued that “international co-operation” was needed, “to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge”. Genocide – the crime above all crimes - is defined in Article 2 of the 1948 Convention and the 147 signature countries have a moral and legal duty to, “undertake to prevent and to punish. Too often, though, never again happens all over again – and it is happening now. The House of Commons, the American Congress, the European Parliament and many other legislative bodies have all declared today’s crimes in Syria and Iraq, against Christians and Yazidis, to be genocide under the terms of the Convention. The Times said the destruction of Christians “now amounts to nothing less than
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