[4] Writing in 1998, professors of sociology Kurt Jonassohn and Karin Björnson stated that the Genocide Convention was a legal instrument resulting from a diplomatic compromise; the wording of the treaty is not intended to be a definition suitable as a research tool, and although it is used for this purpose, as it has an international legal credibility that others lack, other definitions have also been postulated.
[6] According to Ernesto Verdeja, associate professor of political science and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, there are three ways to conceptualise genocide other than the legal definition: in academic social science, in international politics and policy, and in colloquial public usage.
Lastly, Verdeja says the way the general public colloquially uses "genocide" is usually "as a stand-in term for the greatest evils".
[39][40] 500,000 people displaced since 2023 (75% were from El Geneina)[41] The crisis forced over a million Rohingya to flee to other countries.
Most fled to Bangladesh, resulting in the creation of the world's largest refugee camp,[46] while others escaped to India, Thailand, Malaysia, and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, where they continue to face persecution.