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Events on Thursday 9 December 1948 1
1948UN Genocide Convention adoptedFirst human rights treaty of the United NationsOn December 9, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, defining genocide as an international crime for the first time. It was adopted in direct response to the atrocities of the Holocaust. The convention entered into force in 1951 after ratification.