re: #206 HappyWarrior

“Peaceful ethnic cleansing” is the phrase the little pissant uses.

The UN definition of “ethnic cleansing” is different than the definition of “genocide”. Many interchange these phrases not aware of the difference.

As ethnic cleansing has not been recognized as an independent crime under international law, there is no precise definition of this concept or the exact acts to be qualified as ethnic cleansing.

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Genocide was first recognized as a crime under international law in 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/96-I). It was codified as an independent crime in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The Convention has been ratified by 147 States (as of December 2016). The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has repeatedly stated that the Convention embodies principles that are part of general customary international law. This means that whether or not States have ratified the Genocide Convention, they are all bound as a matter of law by the principle that genocide is a crime prohibited under international law. The ICJ has also stated that the prohibition of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law (or ius cogens) and consequently, no derogation from it is allowed.

Basically, ethnic cleansing is an internal matter, not regarded as a reason for international intervention. Genocide is a bona fide reason to intervene.

I hate when politicians and *ahem* journalists use the words incorrectly.