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Lemkin was driven by the need to charge officials of which empire's war crimes?

  • British Empire

  • Roman Empire

  • Ottoman Empire

  • Mongol Empire

Answer

The Ottoman Empire faced accusations of war crimes, prompting Raphael Lemkin to pursue the establishment of an international convention against genocide. Lemkin's experiences during the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust drove his determination to create a legal framework to prevent and punish such atrocities. His efforts culminated in the adoption of the Genocide Convention by the United Nations in 1948.
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