UN Special Rapporteur warns of Israel's genocide on Palestinians, urging enforcement of prohibition of genocide under ...

Raphael Lemkin’s single-minded dedication led to the adoption of the Genocide Convention, in 1948. Most of his family had been killed in the Holocaust.

Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the word in 1943, as part of his lifelong campaign to make the world acknowledge and prosecute the crime. A new documentary, Watchers of the Sky, tells his story.

Raphael Lemkin died penniless on a New York City street in 1959, but is now getting his due from Rutgers, the United Nations - and even the Sundance Film Festival. Skip to Article.

Raphael Lemkin, left, coined the term “genocide.” “Watchers of the Sky” explores his efforts and discusses the similar work of such figures as Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the ...

Totally Unofficial: The Autobiography of Raphael Lemkin Edited by Donna-Lee Frieze Yale University Press, 328 pages, $35. Ten years ago, Samantha Power won a Pulitzer Prize for her book “A ...