Genocide is the intentional killing of groups with the purpose of eliminating the existence of the group. The term "genocide" was created 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 "killing". According to Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, genocide refers to the following acts that are meant to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group by causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group (directly or through actions causing death), deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group (e.g. forced sterilization), or forcibly transferring children (persons under the age of 14 years) of the group to another group. Article III of the convention defines "genocide, the 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 he Genocide Convention on 9 December 1948, and the Convention was commenced on 12 January 1951. The Genocide Convention has been ratified by over 130 nations and over 70 nations have made provisions for the punishment of genocide in domestic criminal law. Article 6 of the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court includes the content of Article II of the Genocide Convention as a crime. (http://www.genocidewatch.org/genocide/whatisit.html)
Ten Stages of Genocide
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Effects of the Khmer Rouge in Contemporary Times
Many people were orphaned, widowed, or severely traumatized by the actions of the Rouge, and thousands of left Cambodia as refugees. Much poverty today in Cambodia can be traced to the Khmer Rouge, and much potential was lost in Cambodia after intellectuals, scientists, and other educated people that could have helped rebuild the country were killed during the genocide. Mines that were laid by the Khmer Rouge have resulted in numerous injuries and deaths. Although a Khmer Rouge Tribunal had been called for as early as 1994, the trials only began in the summer of 2007. In 2010, Kaing Guek Eav (known as Brother Duch), the head of the infamous S-21 prison camp, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for crimes against humanity. In 2013, Nuon Chea ("Brother Number Two") was put on trial.
Can genocide ever be stopped? For decades the UN (United Nations) has tried to abolish all kinds of genocide; unfortunately, we do not believe in equality as a species, and this perfect utopia seems impossible in our day and age. In 1994, during the genocide in Rwanda (one of the bloodiest genocides of all time) the United Nations tried to make a stand and stop this massacre once and for all. Grievously, the UN’s mission terminated due to the lack of resources; the UN military was forced to watch while the genocide continued(Document A). Genocide has been occurring for decades, anything from clans like the KKK to the extermination of Jews during WW2. Genocides happened to a multitude of minorities, ironically, no one has made a considerable stand to stop them. Generally speaking, the abolishing of genocide seems unattainable in our modern day due to 3 reasons: Lack of media attention, Human innate stubbornness, and abominable people.
Genocide, the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. From 1992-1995 that was happening in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, conflict between the three main ethnic groups, the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims, resulted in genocide committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in Bosnia.
Genocide is the deliberate killing of all or part of a racial, ethnic, or religious group. Genocide is carried out through ruthless acts of violence, and oppression. There have been many acts of genocide documented throughout history. In this essay I will focus on the Armenian genocide, specifically how it was carried out and how the Ottoman Empire rationalized their actions.
...riminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) charged more than 160 people who committed crimes in the former country of Yugoslavia. Milosevic was charged and was his own lawyer but due to his deteriorating health levels, the trials were continuously delayed until he was found head in his prison cell in 2006, which was 4 years after he was first charged with one count of genocide, one count of complicity with genocide, and an additional 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity (5) There were some convictions to people who took part in the crimes, but the leader of the movement never actually faced repercussions for his illegal acts. Also, the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Karadzic, and the general of the Army, Mladic, have been under indictment for their affiliation with the war crimes but have yet to be arrested for these same acts. (4,5)
As if derived from the singular complexity of ethics, from the justification of one's act based on humanitarian morality and virtues; genocide is the act committed to wipe out a certain group of individuals based on their ethnic background, religion, or race. For instance, numerous catastrophes stroke the world as they victimized a great diversity of ethnic groups throughout the existence of mankind by using malignant techniques and practices in order to deteriorate their beliefs or eradicate their ethnic group; in fact, some of these groups are still being persecuted today and classified as an inferiority by others with an evil purpose; for example, the genocide of the Tutsi in the African country Rwanda in 1994 had an approximated 800,000 deaths caused by the Hutus (Document K).
With the millions of murders that occurred during the time of the Holocaust, there would have to be a name for this heinous crime. The Nazis were always remembered for the killing of over six million European Jews, but at the time, there was no name for this wicked act. After the war, many of these Nazi war criminals were convicted of an act called genocide, a word that did not exist before 1944. Genocide is the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. Genocide occurs because of many factors that trigger this cruelty. Although there are many reasons that can be considered to result in genocide, the three main reasons that result to this mass slaughter, are caused by the authority that leads
The term "Holocaust," originally from the Greek word "holokauston" which means "sacrifice by fire," refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. Beginning on April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. Genocide is the systematic destruction of all or part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group. There have been many different other examples of genocide in history. Although there are many common characteristics and themes that occur with all genocides, the Holocaust and Rwanda were different due to aggressors, reasons, and outcomes.
History 101 Professor Esther Nunez Nadine Stewart Genocide – The Armenian Struggle The denial of the Armenian genocide and the use of the term “alleged” are insults to those who have agitated over the years in highlighting the genocide and the Armenian people themselves. The pictorial anger and anguish of this painful traumatic experience has left the survivors of this horrific event with deep scars beyond repair. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a dark world for the Armenians who were held helpless and bound at the treacherous hand of the Muslim Turks of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. The Armenian Genocide includes: the context of power of the Ottoman Empire, the plan of execution in different stages, trial, and the lack of support from their counterparts, the struggle for acceptance of the act as Genocide by Turkey government, and its refusal to acknowledge and provide support to the Armenian. The Armenians existed for years as a Christian minority within the Ottoman Empire.
Cambodia would become a battle ground for American troops fighting in Vietnam for four years; the war would kill up to 750,000 Cambodians through U.S. efforts to destroy suspected North Vietnamese supply lines. This devastation would take its toll on the Cambodian peoples’ morale and would later help to contribute to the conflicts that caused the Cambodian genocide. In the 1970’s the Khmer Rouge guerrilla movement would form. The leader of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, was educated in France and believed in Maoist Communism. These communist ideas would become important foundations for the ideas of the genocide, and which groups would be persecuted.
Genocide was officially and clearly defined by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9th, 1948 in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) after the events of the Holocaust and the resulting World War II Nuremberg Tribunal. It this convention also known as the General Assembly Resolution 260 it puts
Throughout life, major events that occur are often a result of a series of built up incidents and a single action taken place can cause immense devastation, yet reversible. Genocide is officially defined by the United Nations as committing an act with the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group...” the Rwandan Genocide exemplifies this perfectly. The tension between the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis who are the two most common ethnic groups in Rwanda derived from the German and Belgian colonization. After colonization, the two groups were divided, and the Tutsis obtained more power. More importantly, the Hutus gained political influence and they felt Tutsis had wronged them for centuries.
This horrific event led to about a million of lives ending abruptly. It prevented some children from blooming into the beautiful flowers they could have been. It caused some adults to wither and die, losing their green and blooms. The conflict that caused this spiteful event was the Hutu being told to kill all Tutsis. This command originated from the Tutsis being accused of killing the Hutus’ president (“Genocide-Rwanda”). The party responsible for instigating this calamitous event included figures of authority from the Hutu. The victims were the Tutsis, being massacred without a care in the world. The motivation was scapegoating, for the Hutu inculpated the Tutsis for the death of their president. This genocide occurred in Rwanda, and lasted only one-hundred days (“The Shameful Legacy”). Although it lasted for a miniscule amount of time, it had a lasting impact; killing five-hundred thousand to one million people. It lasted from April 1994 to Mid-July 1994. It was orchestrated by people with high authority in the Rwandan government (“Rwandan Genocide”).
Mass genocide is one of the most immoral crimes any ruling authority such as the government or the president can try against its people. The general meaning of "Genocide" is the aim to destroy or kill individuals on account of their race, convictions, or even political and economic status. Legitimate expert, Raphael Lemkin made the expression "Genocide" in 1944. Lemkin a Polish Attorney, joined the antiquated Greek word "genos" which implies race and the Latin word "cide" which means executing (what-is-genocide, 2009). Many people who actually practice genocide would say genocide is acceptable. However, those individuals who think life is the most significant thing in universe, would say genocide can’t be justified forever, if we look at the
The first definition is the organized killing of people because of their membership in a group (Rummel). Also, genocide is often thought of to be one of the most heinous moral injustices a government can inflict on it’s people or territory. To continue, the UHCG (Convention on the Prevention and punishment of the Crime of Genocide) has said that a genocide is, “the intention to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group” (Rummel). Finally, another definition, which is also called a democide, is “any intentional government murder of unarmed and helpless people for people for whatever reason”
The question of moral validity has plagued societies for millennia. Unsurprisingly, this question afflicted Indonesia between 1965 and 1966. In the early days of October 1965, a group of conspirators took and killed six generals. The disagreement of whom caused this coup caused the killing of more than 80,000 (1,000,000 in some areas) people. This caused a social change from aristocrats to an Indonesian business class. For other peoples around the world, the view of this genocide was a victory over communism. While these killings were clearly morally deplorable, the result was an improved and restructured government; a victory for capitalism at the height of the Cold War.