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Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Based in the Dutch city of The Hague, the ICC tries individuals suspected of the world's worst offences -- war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Pillay's work had been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted", said the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

You will read more about the US history of settler colonialism, white supremacy, slavery, genocide, and land theft in later chapters.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

It also commemorates the millions of people outside the Jewish faith who were murdered through Nazi persecution, and those targeted in more recent genocides.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Kim, 47, knew that anyone there of his age or older had survived one of the most brutal genocides of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

The question underpinning his statement remains ever relevant: In the face of wars, genocides and other atrocities, does art-making serve any purpose?

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

The advocates pushed for something that would make the world not just condemn but actually punish future genocides.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

She said a local gallery in Rochester, called the Visual Studies Workshop, had been showing photography from genocides around the world, and perhaps we could do an exhibit there.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana