Genocide is the intentional killing of groups with the purpose of eliminating the group's existence. The term “genocide” was coined in 1944 to describe the systematic elimination of Jews under the Nazi regime. The word combines the Greek suffix "geno-", meaning race, and "-cide", meaning "to kill". According to Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, genocide means the following acts intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group causing serious physical or mental harm to members of the group (directly or through actions that cause death), deliberately inflicting on the group living conditions likely to cause its total or partial physical destruction; impose measures to prevent births within the group (e.g. forced sterilization) or forcibly transfer children (persons under 14 years of age) of the group to another group. Article III of the convention defines "genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, attempt to commit genocide and complicity in genocide" as punishable acts. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Genocide Convention on 9 December 1948, and the Convention entered into force on 12 January 1951. The Genocide Convention has been ratified by over 130 nations, and over 70 nations have adopted provisions for the punishment of genocide in national crimes. law. Article 6 of the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court includes the contents of Article II of the Genocide Convention as a crime. (http://www.genocidewatch.org/genocide/whatisit.html) The Ten Phases of Genocide Classification is the first phase of genocide. While... halfway through the document... I was put on trial. Effects of the Khmer Rouge in Contemporary Times Many people were orphaned, widowed, or severely traumatized by the actions of the Khmer Rouge, and thousands left Cambodia as refugees. Much of today's poverty in Cambodia can be traced back to the Khmer Rouge, and much potential was lost in Cambodia after intellectuals, scientists, and other educated people who could have helped rebuild the country were killed during the genocide. The mines laid by the Khmer Rouge caused numerous injuries and deaths. Although a Khmer Rouge tribunal had been convened as early as 1994, trials did not begin until the summer of 2007. In 2010, Kaing Guek Eav (known as Brother Duch), the head of the infamous S-21 prison camp, was convicted to 35 years in prison for crimes against humanity. In 2013, Nuon Chea ("Brother Number Two") went on trial.