PPT-National Commission for the Fight against Genocide

CNLG KWIBUKA23 AND THE FIGHT AGAINST GENOCIDE DENIAL AND IDEOLOGY Presented by JeanDamascène Gasanabo PhD Director General Research and Documentation Center on Genocide CNLG Berlin 7 April 2017. Perpetrators . When: April 1992- December 1995. Who: Bosnian Serbs, Slobodan Milosevic. Slobodan Milosevic . (1941- 2006). President of Serbia . Radovan Karadzic. (1945-present). Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army. Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Racism. Ancient Genocides. The Armenian Genocide. The Holocaust. Apartheid. Rwanda. Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia. Darfur. Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Racism Project. Perpetrators. When: 1915 - 1922. Who: The Young Turkish Government. . (Nationalism). Ismail . Enver. Pasha. (1881-1922). Member . of the Young Turk . Triumverate. Genocide Organizer. Mehmed. UN Peacekeeping. Josh . H. ombrebueno. Background. Before the 1960’s, Rwanda was ruled by the country of Belgium. The Belgians favoured the ethnic group known as the “Tutsis”, who made up 15% of the nation’s population, because they looked more European than the other ethnic group known as the “Hutus”.. Aim: What was the impact of the tragic events in Rwanda? . Do Now:. What does the word “genocide” mean?. Write about a time and place where “genocide” occurred.. What is Genocide?. Genocide means actions committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.. By: Calvin Miller and Jack Shepherd. Background. Bosnia . makes . up a triangular-shaped republic, about half the size of . Kentucky. It is located on the Balkan peninsula in Europe. The region . in the south is largely . Perpetrators. When: April 17, 1975 – January 7, 1979. Who: Khmer Rouge (Marxism/Maoism). Pol Pot. (1925-1998). Secretary General. Khmer Rouge Co-Founder. Leader of genocide. Khieu. . Samphan. (1931-present). Dr. . James Waller. Cohen Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies,. Keene State College (NH). Academic Programs Director,. Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. e-mail: jwaller@keene.edu . By: Calvin Miller and Jack Shepherd. Background. Bosnia . makes . up a triangular-shaped republic, about half the size of . Kentucky. It is located on the Balkan peninsula in Europe. The region . in the south is largely . www.instituteforgenocide.org. info@instituteforgenocide.org. Important reasons and demands to establish IGC. Unfortunately, we live in times when the human freedoms and rights . are violated . more and more, with the intention that these are defined . (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. Definition. The International Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide . defines . ______________________ as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such. When: . March 23, 1982 . – . August 8, 1983. Who: Guatemalan dictator during civil war. Efrain Rios . Montt. (1926 – Present). Dictator of Guatemala . Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez. (1946 – Present). Presented by STUDENT NAME. Table of Contents. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Define the terms: a) Genocide, b)War Crimes and c) Crimes Against Humanity. 2. United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG).