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Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group of people.

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What's the political reason that acknowledging genocide is such a 'big deal'?

Recently, Biden - despite a 'warning' by Erdogan - has acknowledged the Armenian genocide, which was immediately followed by sharp critique by Erdogan. AFAIK, he's the first American president to do so, and among only a small group of NATO countries…
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Is there any standard procedure to quantify the number of genocide victims?

What procedure is generally followed to count the number of victims in genocides? Is there any standard procedure in practice? Who counts this? The post-genocide government or UNO or any other agency?
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