Petition Formally recognise the killing of Armenians in 1915-1923 as genocide
We are calling for the Government to formally recognise the killing of an estimated 1.5 Million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1923 as genocide. The Government states that "any determination as to whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent national or international court".
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Raphael Lemkin (who coined the term “genocide”) said in 1949: “It happened to the Armenians, and after the Armenians, Hitler took action". We think the only reason we have not seen activity on this from the ICC is because it has no jurisdiction over crimes committed before its establishment, including genocide. Let’s overcome this technicality and join over 30 other countries in standing with our Armenian citizens and the descendants of genocide.
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