Lemkin's efforts led to the inclusion of which crime in international law?
Piracy
Treason
Genocide
Espionage
Answer
Genocide, a crime recognized in international law, emerged as a result of Raphael Lemkin's relentless endeavors to bring attention to the systematic destruction of national, ethnic, racial, or religious groups. Lemkin coined the term "genocide" and played a pivotal role in its eventual inclusion in the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948.
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