May 1915 Triple Entente declaration

Version of the declaration forwarded to the Ottoman Empire by the United States State Department
Coverage on the front page of The New York Times, 24 May 1915

On 24 May 1915, on the initiative of Russia, the Triple Entente—Russia, France, and the United Kingdom—issued a declaration condemning the ongoing Armenian genocide carried out in the Ottoman Empire and threatening to hold the perpetrators accountable.[1] This was the first use of the phrase "crimes against humanity" in international diplomacy,[2][3] which later became a category of international criminal law after World War II.[4]

  1. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (24 May 2020). "105 years ago Entente Powers called the massacre of Armenians "crimes against humanity"". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ Suny 2015, p. 308.
  3. ^ Garibian, Sévane (10 February 2016). "Crime against Humanity". Mass Violence and Resistance - Research Network. Sciences Po.
  4. ^ Dadrian & Akçam 2011, p. 17.