How does genocide go against the idea of human rights?
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On 27 March 2008, the Human Rights Council unanimously adopted Resolution 7/25 entitled “the Prevention of Genocide”. Paragraph 17 of the Resolution invites “the High Commissioner, as part of the commemorative events, and as an important contribution to developing preventive strategies, to organize, within existing resources, a seminar on the prevention of genocide, with the participation of States, relevant United Nations entities and other international and regional organizations, civil society, and academic and research bodies, and to publish a paper on the outcome of the seminar”.In her first address to the UN Human Rights Council in September 2008, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay informed the Council that she will be acting upon its March request and that her Office is currently planning a seminar on the prevention of genocide.
On 9 December 2008, the international community commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The anniversary provides an important opportunity for the international community to draw the attention of all States to the significance of the Convention and to redouble their efforts for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. It also offers an important opportunity to explore strategies that can be adopted to prevent this most heinous crime. On the occasion of marking the Convention’s anniversary, High Commissioner Pillay reiterated that the ultimate responsibility for preventing genocide lies with states. She stressed the need for States to incorporate the crime of genocide in national legislation, and to set up prevention mechanisms.