PPT-Introduction to Genocide

Quotes on Genocide There arent just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it Its 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. On July 22 1995 I went to Ntarama about an hour and a half by car from Kigali on a dirt road going south toward the Burundi border We arrived at a village church made of brick and covered with iron sheets Outside there was a wood and bamboo rack bea 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 . Ms. Chelsea, M.U.N.. What’s the difference in this situation?. A bomb planted on an airplane explodes and kills everyone on board. There was an attack on a movie theater; 10 casualties. An attack is planned to wipe out a minority ethnic tribe in Sudan. 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.. Drilon Statovci. English 9-1. Genocide Project. 2/27/14. Bosnian Genocide Information . In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia.. (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. 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. 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. .