INTERVIEW – Historian Virginie Girod receives Frédéric Encel, doctor in geopolitics and lecturer at Science Po Paris. On February 19, 2023, at the Munich Security Conference, US Vice President Kamala Harris accused Moscow of perpetrating "crimes against humanity" since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But are crimes against humanity genocide? In many cases, the definition of genocide remains nebulous to the general public. "When was the first use of this term? What institutions can recognize genocide? What are the criteria for classifying a massacre as genocide? Elements of answer with Frédéric Encel. "Au Cœur de l'Histoire" is a Europe 1 Studio production.

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INTERVIEW – Historian Virginie Girod receives Frédéric Encel, doctor in geopolitics and lecturer at Science Po Paris. On February 19, 2023, at the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris accused Moscow of perpetrating crimes against humanity. since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But are crimes against humanity genocide? In many cases, the definition of genocide remains nebulous to the general public. When was the first use of this term? What institutions can recognize genocide? What are the criteria for classifying a massacre as genocide? Elements of answer with Frédéric Encel. " At the Heart of History" is a Europe 1 Studio production.Topics covered: Genocide - Massacre – UN - Armenia - Tutsi - Shoah - Crime against humanity - Memory