Assertion: genocide | /r/HasProperty | illegal
Facets:
value: under customary international law
type: OTHER
value: in the interests
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as a peremptory norm
type: MANNER
value: since world war ii
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: It is commonly accepted that, at least since World War II, genocide has been illegal under customary international law as a peremptory norm, as well as under conventional international law.
text: In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly passed a law declaring that genocide was illegal and clearly defining the term, in the interests of eliminating confusion.