PPT-World Genocide

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. 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. 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 . 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.. Article: “Why is the Twentieth Century the Century of Genocide?”. Author: Mark Levene. Source: Journal of World History 11, no. 2. (Fall 2000). Online Source: Bridging World History. -The article seeks to relate the specific phenomenon of genocide to broader processes that have helped create and shape modern international society. By: Brandon RUFFIN, DARIUS TOPPIN, and LIAM . badiee. Where it happened. Genocide killing as many as 4.5 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1996.. Today, much of the fighting is occurring in North and South Kivu.. 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 . “. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”-. Adolf Hitler (in justifying his plan to eliminate the Jews of Europe). Armenian Provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Background of Armenia. (CNLG). KWIBUKA23 AND THE FIGHT AGAINST GENOCIDE DENIAL AND IDEOLOGY. Presented . by:. Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, PhD. Director General. Research and Documentation Center on Genocide. CNLG. Berlin, 7 April 2017. What is genocide?. Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:. Killing members of the group;. Quotes on Genocide . There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history. .. Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood. 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.. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. . The word is a hybrid consisting of the Greek word ". genos. ," meaning . ____________________________ , . and the Latin suffix, ". cide. ," meaning . ____________________ .. Rwanda. History/facts:. 85% of Rwandans are Hutus but for most of Rwandan history the country was dominated by the Tutsi minority.. Tutsi in early Rwandan society were in charge of the cattle while Hutu tended the land. .