[Opinion] Respect for the Laws of War Says Nothing About Genocide

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OPINION. The prohibition of genocide protects the right of certain groups to exist as such, while the law of war seeks to reduce the suffering caused by war without saying anything about the right to existence of these groups, writes Paola Gaeta, professor of international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. It was by immersing himself in the decrees and regulations taken under the Nazi occupation of Europe that Raphael Lemkin coined the word …