PDF-The 8 Stages of Genocide

By Gregory H Stanton i The International Convention for the Pr evention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide In the present Convention genocide means any of the following. A. ny . of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, . ethnic, . racial or religious . group: . (a) Killing members of the . group . (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the . Genocide- the deliberate systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group. Examples of Genocide throughout history. Rwanda. Kosovo. Irish Famine. Armenian . 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”.. 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: Cecilia, Elizabeth, and Anton 802. By: Cecilia. Introduction to Rwandan Genocide. What was the Rwanda Genocide ? . The . Rwanda Genocide involved the Hutus and the Tutsis. From April to July 1994, people of the Hutu ethnic majority killed approximately 800,000 people, a large percentage of the Tutsis ethnic minority. The genocide began by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal . 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 . Perpetrators . When: April 1992-December 1995. Who: Bosnian . Serbs led by . Slobodan Milosevic. Slobodan Milosevic . (1941- 2006). President of Serbia . Radovan Karadzic. (1945-present). Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army. 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. What is Genocide?. 1. “When is something killing versus genocide? . 2. How do we measure it and define it?”. 3. This is the “spectrum of violence.”. Least Harmful -------------------------------------------------------------- Most Harmful . Dr. Julia . Viebach. The Data Dialogue: When Research Crosses Borders, Oxford 29 September 2016. Outline of Research. Two Interlinked . P. rojects. : . Memory . and Transitional . Justice in . Rwanda. . on April 6, 1994, and for . the next . hundred days, up to 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia using clubs and machetes . It was sparked . by death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on April 6, 1994. 1. CLASSIFICATION:. . Classification is the categorizing of people into groups. They are classified by race, religion and/or nationality. An us versus them attitude is introduced and promoted. . Classification will always take place; it has happened in Ireland. There are divisions drawn between Protestants and Catholics, and between Nationals and Non-Nationals. There are ways of insuring that these classifications don't escalate. If both sides find a common ground, tolerance can grow..