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To recognise Holodomor, the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, as an act of genocide.
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1,904 signatures
What the petition asks
The Holodomor, was engineered by the Soviet government. Seven and a half million people died of starvation over a period of one year. Twenty Five countries have currently recognised this as an act of genocide, as defined by the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
Article 2 of the 1948 Convention defines genocide as:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Timeline
| 22 Sep 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Mar 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,904
Status
Closed
Opened
22 Sep 2015
Closed
22 Mar 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.