genocide

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Earlier this year the US determined that the RSF had committed genocide in Darfur.

From BBC

Likewise, except for the charges of genocide or “crimes against humanity,” international law, as reflected in the Rome Statute, focuses on orders that are plainly illegal.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Nigerian delegation refuted allegations of genocide in Nigeria, emphasizing that violent attacks affect families and communities across religious and ethnic lines,” Onanuga said.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the ‘80s and ‘90s, the federal government resettled tens of thousands of Hmong, Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees in California after the Vietnam War, the Cambodian genocide and the Laotian civil war .

From Los Angeles Times

A video of the interaction played in court heard shouts of "Alex Davies-Jones you support genocide" and "what do you think about children being tortured and murdered?"

From BBC