The Genocide Convention was signed in 1948, before most of the global south even achieved independence as a part of decolonization. The very countries who were subject to brutal mass murder by the imperial powers never got a say in what constitutes genocide.
The Genocide Convention was signed in 1948, before most of the global south even achieved independence as a part of decolonization. The very countries who were subject to brutal mass murder by the imperial powers never got a say in what constitutes genocide.
Funny that.