Redefining Genocide

In Rwanda during 1994 Genocide happened between the Hutus and Tutsis. Hutus and Tutsis had disagreements on who will have power which effected the whole population of Rwanda. This leads to the question why there is Genocide in Rwanda? Genocide happened by two clans who caused mass causalities. Others did little to help which caused Genocide to happen in Rwanda.

     The world organization that concerns itself with issues parallel to genocide is the Commission on Human Rights. It is the commission’s duty to meet once a genocidal act occurred and was reported. Then the commission must develop different ways to mend the problem at task in a fair and just way. By doing so, the commission helps to fix this human right’s issue with the seven treaties.

The Darfur Genocide is the current mass slaughter and rape of civilians from South Sudan killing women and children in Sudan. The Genocide began in 2003 but the outbreak around the world in early 2004 and still continues today which is known as the first genocide in the 21 Century. There have been many responses toward the genocide such as United Nations and China but the conflict continues to be unresolved. This had caught attention from many countries around the world, including our country, the united Nation and China had different perspectives referring to Sudan conflict, however their initiatives had worsen the situation.

Genocide is a term that can be defined as a planned and systematic destruction of whole or parts of certain national, religious, race, ethnic, cultural or political group (Akhavan 21). Genocide is deliberated with a different set of actions for a purpose to destroy an essential foundation of life. Genocide is characterized with the massive killing of members of a group, causing mental or bodily injuries to a group of people, imposing mechanisms to prevent birth, removing particular group children and putting conditions of life in order to bring to an end existence of a particular group. Therefore, genocide is an illegal action and a crime recognized and punishable by international law (Charmy 35). For instance, Rwanda genocide is characterized by ethnic tensions within the country. Initially the definition of the term genocide as by genocide convection only comprised of racial, ethnic, national and religious groups. They argued that inclusion of other groups cannot strengthen but rather weakens it. This definition failed to recognize other groups such as political groups, economic and cultural groups that are essential elements of genocide. Genocide therefore, is generally considered the worst moral crime the ruling authority can commit against those it controls Naimark (2017).

In order to understand the term genocide and how it works, one must understand the definition of it. Genocide, is a greek word, “geno” means people, race and “cide” means to destroy or to kill, so in other words it is defined as intended annihilation of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. The indigenous people of America, came to this land many years ago, before than any Europeans. They settled their tribes in here and created a new home for themselves where they lived a thousand years. However, this did not last long, until Europeans settled in America. When Europeans were settled in America, they enslaved Native Americans, took their golds away, made them to convert to Christianity and introduced them to many disease. Everything

The crime of genocide is one of the most devastating human tragedies throughout the history. And the word genocide refers to an organised destruction to a specific group of people who belongs to the same culture, ethnic, racial, religious, or national group often in a war situation. Similar to mass killing, where anyone who is related to the particular group regardless their age, gender and ethnic background becomes the killing targets, genocide involves in more depth towards destroying people’s identity and it usually consists a fine thorough plan prearranged in order to demolish the unwanted group due to political reasons mostly. While the term genocide had only been created recently in 1943 by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish legal

The state usually organizes, arms and financially supports the groups that conduct the genocidal massacres. Such plans are made by elites for a “final solution” of genocidal killings.

After twenty percent of cambodia’s population was slaughtered, much of the victims were left with very little resultion or justice. Few moments in human history offer as poignant an insight into the human condition as genocide, no moment was more demonstrative of this than the prosecution of Kang Kek Lew, the most deadly of all of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge leaders. Thierry Curvellier’s book Master of Confessions: the Making of Khmer Rouge Torturer examines this trial through an impartial lens that allows the reader to understand the great societal implications the tribunal carried not only for the healing of Cambodia, but for the future of judicial independence and rule of law in Cambodia.

In this essay I will be discussing why the udhr is effective and non effective of ensuring people are protected from genocide.

The term “genocide,” in short, refers to the targeted mass killing and/or torture of one distinct group of people. These groups of people tend to be distinguished by their nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion. In the past, the problem of genocide has been prevalent in Armenia, Germany, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur, and even the United States throughout history for several different reasons. The most recent occurrence in Darfur, Sudan has so far caused the deaths of over 300,000 men, women, and children and displaced three million people from their homes and villages in the area. Genocide by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has brought much violence and crime to the country and its effects have touched millions of innocent civilian lives. The president intends to ethnically cleanse the area of all non-Arabs by using Sudan’s own military and militia to attack civilian towns and refugee camps. Men and boys are killed and women and girls are

Genocide has many different definitions that multiple people have decided to give it. Some wonder if killing needs to actually occur for it to be considered genocide. If the victims are simply moved away from their family and intentionally confined to quarters without say is that Genocide? With there being no “real” definition for genocide one thing is certain: it is one of the worst things that can possibly happen in the past or modern day world. The holocaust is often referred to the worst case of genocide in the world. This, however may be topped by the ultimate brutality that the Indians faced during the indian genocide. It seems there is not stop to the horrible activities victims most endure around the world. Genocide is perhaps the

Genocide, a dire event, has been recurring time and time again throughout history. In the past, there was the Holocaust, where Hitler exterminated over six million Jews based on his anti-semitic views. Elie Wiesel, a Jewish author, has become a very influential man in educating the world of the true events of the Holocaust due to his involvement in the disaster. Presently, a genocide is occurring in the Darfur region of southern Sudan, in which according to Cheryl Goldmark, “a systematic slaughter of non-Arab residents at the the hands of Arab militiamen called Janjaweed” has been taking place since 2003. (1) Not only is genocide a tragic historical event, it also continuously occurs today.

That is why I am pleased that the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) has produced this Manual on Human Rights and the Prevention of Genocide as a tool that can advance practical action by States to prevent a range of “human rights-related risk factors for

1. a. The main points deputed around the term genocide during the UN convention are: Motive, Premeditation/Deliberateness, Intent, Agents, Victim, Scale, Goal, and Strategies. Motive is not included in the international law as one could deny their true motive. Premeditation/ Deliberateness is also not in the UN definition because of the context of war and superfluous because you cannot have a genocide without a plan. Intent is debated because it could be denied and document destroyed. Agency, which emphasizes leadership broken down into the elite perpetrator theory if these crimes would still happen without their leaders and Front Line Killers asking why people follow their leaders to commit these crimes. Victims that have survived and can recount being there. Scale of genocide debating if there should be a set number for it to be considered a genocide. Whether the goal of total or partial deconstruction should be taken into account and strategies taken toward committing the act of genocide.

Throughout the existence of humanity, humans have characterized themselves superior to all other species, and sometimes even themselves. The process of dehumanizing another to improve oneself is known to the community as persecution, to the world it is genocide. As the international community defines genocide as the intentional action to destroy a people in whole or in part, it inevitably leads to the extermination of an entire race, religion, or culture. In hopes that genocide will be abolished, it seems to have become one of the humanity's disturbing faults as hundreds of cultures, languages, and communities have been destroyed. Time and time, society has proposed this policy of “never again,” but instead avoids any confrontation to identify the problem. For this reason, the United Nations was formed to ensure peace, security, and equal rights and self-determination to the world, making progress every day to provide a better tomorrow. Therefore, the United Nations’ actions against genocide demonstrate how intervention can lead to growth in the future.