![Professor Raphael Lemkin, left, and Ricardo Alfaro of Panama (chairman of the Assembly's Legal Committee) in conversation before ... [LCID: lemkin]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a7f4dce6-aa94-4955-8fe1-a2793a7853c0.jpg)
Il Professor Raphael Lemkin, a sinistra, e Ricardo Alfaro (panamense e presidente del Comitato Giustizia dell'Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite) mentre discutono, prima della riunione plenaria dell'Assemblea durante la quale fu approvata la Convenzione per la Prevenzione e la Repressione del Genocidio.
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![Beginning of the burning of the village of Um Zeifa in Darfur after the Janjaweed looted and attacked. [LCID: steidle8]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/e298e41c-9406-444d-a860-b43f1497199a.jpg)