A genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular ethnic group. And in this case the Hutus’ target were the Tutsis. They were of the same language. They practiced the same cultural traditions. They were of the same race. The only difference was power. And that’s what drove the genocide. When the Europeans helped colonize Rwanda‚ they gave the more powerful positions‚ like jobs in the government‚ to the Tutsis. One of the few high ranking spots that
Premium Rwandan Genocide Hutu Rwanda
Genocides are very tragic events where a certain group of people is being discriminated‚ segregated‚ displaced‚ and even killed for who they are or what they believe in‚ by a superior group. One of the most infamous ones is the Holocaust. Since that was a while ago‚ not too many people know that genocide is still happening. In the beginning of the 21st century‚ a new act of extermination came into play and still continues today. ¨The killings began in 2003‚ as the first genocide of the 21st century
Premium Sudan Genocide
How can we write a history of a particular genocide in a way that balances the use of more traditional historical sources (such as letters‚ correspondence‚ and memorandum) with less traditional historical sources (such as testimonies and memoirs)‚ thus addressing both the history and memory of the events (and how history and memory are related) in the process? Through the interpretation of historical sources‚ it is possible to create a picture of the instances that occurred to help us form an understanding
Free Nazi Germany Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS
The Armenian Genocide: Response Paper The movie highlights the extermination of Armenians from the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It uses newspaper articles‚ photographs‚ personal statements and experts in the topic to discuss Turkey’s denial of the genocide to this day. In class we discussed how the Young Turks led the Ottoman Empire during WWI and used the war as a cover-up. The documentary discussed the genocide as a result of the civil war between Muslims and Christians. The government
Premium World War I Ottoman Empire Istanbul
State responsibility Genocide Introduction In this essay I will aim to understand the role of the State and the States responsibility for state responsibility for non-state actors (corporations in particular) in cases of genocide. In places such as Rwanda‚ Bosnia- former Yugoslavia will be used as relatable case studies in order to show the progression of international law‚ when dealing with sovereign states in light of an internationally wrongful act such as genocide is committed. The role of
Premium Human rights Law United Nations
Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The Holocaust is the most notorious but most definitely not the only. Others such as the Syrian Genocide are great examples of our past being recreated‚ people were killed‚ others lost and a large portion forced to move from the comfort of their homes to live in refugee camps or to try to find their way out of the country. In the text it states “Syria has cost the lives of more
Premium Nazi Germany The Holocaust Adolf Hitler
into fleeing the embers of their homes” (Sudan Can’t Wait). According to the Gale encyclopedia‚ Genocide is the intent to destroy a national‚ ethic‚ racial or religious group. The perpetrator does this by killing‚ removing civilians from their homes or doing serious mental or bodily harm to someone (Rothenburg). In Darfur‚ Sudan a civil war has caused many casualties and in result has become genocide. In Darfur‚ the government has supported armed militias who destroy villages and drive people from
Premium Genocide Rwandan Genocide Rwanda
Genocide is a terrible thing and the Darfur War is no exception. The darfur war started in 2003 and has increased to at least 480‚000 people killed‚ 2.8 million people displaced and made refugees. The people who were targeted were the non-Arab individuals‚ attacked because rebels to the country were attacking the government. The rebels claimed that the non-arab population was being suppressed by the government. When these rebels attacked an air force base‚ the Sudanese President Omar Bashir hired
Premium United Nations Genocide Rwandan Genocide
Holodomor Genocide Essay The famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933‚ also known as the Holodomor‚ wiped out millions of Ukrainians. The Soviet Union denied that this tragic event was genocide but some facts say different. Joseph Stalin‚ who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the famine‚ did not want Ukrainians to be independent from the Soviet Union‚ therefore he created the famine to target Ukrainians. Stalin did not only see Ukraine’s independence as a threat‚ he also
Premium Soviet Union Ukraine Holodomor
To further analyze the causes of genocides‚ the first genocide that scholars tend to examine is the Armenian genocide‚ which began on April 24th‚ 1915 and by its conclusion in 1917 would have taken an estimated 800‚000 to 1.5 million lives. The Armenian Genocide was so horrific that in 1943 Raphael Lemkin‚ a polish lawyer‚ coined the word genocide deriving it from the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos‚ “race‚ kind”) or Latin gēns (“tribe‚ clan”) (as in genus)‚ + -cide (“killing‚ killer”). The
Premium Rwandan Genocide Rwanda Hutu