Things might very well be different, however, with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which on April 11 was empowered, on a permanent basis and over strenuous American objections, to try individuals» including sitting heads «of «state» for
geno cide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Lemkin coined the word genocide in 1944 from the root words
genos (Greek for family, tribe, or race) and -
cide (Latin for killing), first using the word in print in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation — Analysis of Government — Proposals for Redress (1944).