https://genoscenter.org/ Tolerance Through Art and Education Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:25:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://genoscenter.org/understanding-the-1994-rwandan-genocide-facts-responses-trials/#comment-156 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:11:48 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=21594#comment-156 […] legacy of colonial rule and manipulation by European powers that exacerbated existing differences. Rwanda Genocide Despite sharing linguistic and cultural similarities, these groups were delineated by artificial […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/understanding-the-1994-rwandan-genocide-facts-responses-trials/#comment-143 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:51:42 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=21594#comment-143 […] people between April 1994 and July 1994 by extremist Hutu army officers in Rwanda known as the Rwanda Genocide. When the genocide occurred, there were mainly three ethnic groups in Rwanda, including Tutsi, […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/understanding-the-armenian-genocide-1915-1923/#comment-142 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:49:33 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=21572#comment-142 […] It usually occurs in the form of conversions of children of the protected group to the perpetrator’s group. Boys of the protected groups are converted either to be used in labor or as a soldier. However, girls are not mostly converted. They are just used as chattel, as was witnessed during the Yazidi and Armenian genocides. […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/understanding-the-armenian-genocide-1915-1923/#comment-141 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:48:57 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=21572#comment-141 […] was a university student when he came to know about the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire. Lemkin’s memoirs testify to the enormous impact of his early […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/genocide-the-definition-examples-facts/#comment-95 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:39:47 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=20770#comment-95 […] “genocide” was introduced to the world when Raphael Lemkin set forth his now-accepted definition of genocide before a United Nations general assembly. Lemkin also uttered theLemkin’s dedication to the […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/genocide-the-definition-examples-facts/#comment-94 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:39:31 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=20770#comment-94 […] are a number of other serious and violent crimes that do not fall under the specific definition of genocide. They include crimes against humanity, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and mass killing. Nonetheless, […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/genocide-the-definition-examples-facts/#comment-93 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:39:04 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=20770#comment-93 […] (ICTR) was a watershed moment in international law. It marked the first ever interpretation of the definition of genocide as outlined in the 1948 Geneva Conventions, and also characterized rape as a method of […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/what-is-genocide-understanding-the-meaning/#comment-92 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:37:32 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=20420#comment-92 […] What is genocide? Article II of the UN states Genocide as any act that demonstrates that the victim has the physical intent or remorse for destroying national, religious group racial groups and ethnic groups. Cultural destruction doesn’t mean merely destroying a group. […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/raphael-lemkin-the-genocide-convention/#comment-82 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 21:53:11 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=20407#comment-82 […] term “genocide” was coined by Raphael Lemkin in the mid-20th century, but acts of genocidal violence against indigenous groups can be traced […]

]]> https://genoscenter.org/what-is-genocide-understanding-the-meaning/#comment-81 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 21:52:40 +0000 https://genoscenter.org/?p=20420#comment-81 […] term “genocide” was coined by Raphael Lemkin in the mid-20th century, but acts of genocidal violence against […]

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