Essays on Genocidal

Critically Examine the Contribution made by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to the Development of the International Law of Genocide. Critically Examine the Contribution Made by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to the Development of the International Law of Genocide. At the core of the international law of genocide is the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention). The Genocide Convention came about in 1948 through General Assembly Resolution 260. It came into force in 1951. One hundred forty states ratified the Convention. Its purpose was to deter future acts of ...

Research Paper

Abstract Armed conflicts, both domestic and international, have used children in combat, either directly-- as soldiers-- or indirectly. Children are preferred by numerous commanders because they are more obedient, more easily persuaded, and more loyal than adults. However, this phenomenon has become a national and global issue because of the physical, emotional, and psychological damages it bring to the children who are involved in combat. The international community has actively addressed the issue through legal actions. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols came into being as part of the efforts of the international community to protect ...

Introduction

The Armenian Genocide, which is otherwise known as Armenian Holocaust was the methodical annihilation of members of the Armenian minority within the borders of their native land which is now the Republic of Turkey. Historically, the Armenians are descendants of the ancient people even before the first century of the current era, and were the first nation to deeply adopt Christian culture, which makes them different from other people in the neighboring regions. Most of the genocide committed against the Armenians was carried out in 1915, and the rounding up and killing about 600,000 to 800,000 people ...

Introduction

The Armenian Genocide, which is otherwise known as Armenian Holocaust was the methodical annihilation of members of the Armenian minority within the borders of their native land which is now the Republic of Turkey. Reports revealed that the victims reached over a million Armenians who were rounded up by the Ottoman authorities. Historically, the Armenians are descendants of the ancient people even before the first century of the current era. Moreover, the Armenians were the first nation to adopt deeply adopt Christianity in their culture, which makes them different from other people in the neighboring regions. Accordingly, there are ...

Introduction

The paper aims to tackle the constituents of Genocide. It also aims to tackle the differences and similarities of the Holocaust and the Rwanda genocide. Although at the core, both the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust are originated in racist ideologies, deep hatred and discrimination; at the surface they present the world in different views. The ways society accepted and aided both circumstances as well as the socio-cultural factors that provoked these atrocities were differentiable. In order to attain the paper’s objective, this paper will first give the definition of genocide, then facts about Rwanda Genocide and holocaust. ...

Genocides start because of the conflict between people of same race or religion attempting to displace the different race or religion. Conflicting interests between individuals from different race or religion can result to genocides. In the 20th century, over 250 million people have lost their lives due to genocides. Millions of people are left at risk of the exposure due to increased incidences of mass violence. Data and knowledge that indicates the long-term mental health effects that come with the exposure to the genocide remains scattered. Genocides have led to mass violence and displacement of people since it stirs ...

Hotel Rwanda is the portrayal of a violent disagreement between the radical nationalist Hutus, who waged war on the Tutsis. The Tutsis were considered a minority but had still been granted power over the area by the Belgian colonies when they departed. The film follows this disagreement in power and how it brings about discriminations and prejudice, eventually leading to ruthless acts of violence such as genocidal massacres. The film also follows one man, Paul Rusesabagina. He is a Hutu and a successful hotel manager who is doing well for himself and his family. His wife, Tatiana, is a Tutsi. She spends parts of ...

How Ordinary Men Became Genocidal Killers in the Holocaust

Introduction The Second World War was a watershed even in the history of the world. Over a period of six years, the War brought to the fore some of the worst excesses of mankind in a purgatory of hate and violence in the form of the Holocaust. The Final Solution, mass extermination of the Jews, left deep scars in the psyche of humanity. While the contours of the Holocaust may have been the product of the skewed brains of Adolf Hitler, the sole blame of the entire saga of mass murder cannot be left at Hitler’s doorstep alone. Millions ...

Paul Enrich and the Population Bomb

Introduction “Urbanization is a process of population concentration” . The process of urbanization is two-dimensional; this is to mean that it proceeds in two directions. One includes the multiplication of the existing points of population concentration. The other involves the multiplication of population in the already existing points of concentration. Another driving force of urbanization is population increase. Urbanization is also enhanced by industrialization and modernization. Immigration has also contributed greatly to urbanization. Urbanization has a profound effect on the economy and the environment. The economy is affected by factors such as inflation whereas the environment is exhausted in terms of ...

Abstract

Genocide must be stopped everywhere in the world and Cameroon is a good place to start. Genocidal criminal activities can cause death as well as physical and mental injuries. Forcing children to move out of their home, an attempt to commit genocide, conspiring and/or incitement to commit genocide and complicity in genocide are all covered under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Cameroon has experienced genocide and attacks by the Central African Republic are one example. The international community needs to intervene to stop the genocide and to organize legitimate elections. In order to promote peace, ...

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Genocide in Guatemala: An Outline Guatemala is mostly hilly country in Central America. It was erstwhile the heart of the well-known Mayan civilization, which was prevalent till the 10th century AD. When Spanish voyagers invaded Maya in the 16th century, the indigenous Mayans were enslaved in their own native soil. They are even now the most underprivileged majority of the Guatemala's population. Such kinds of inequalities and cruelties of Mayan people led to bitter Civil war in Guatemala which resulted in the mass genocide of this community. In ...

Communication

The Nation-State and the Media-UK and IRAQ Introduction The globalization of media has encompassed to cover the development and application of formal and informal rules to form allegiances with governments and nations. Price (2002) stated that after the September 11, 2011 terrorist bombing incident that occurred in the U.S., several states all over the world have now become more precise about conflict, instability and ideology by recognizing the sentiments of the people. The war on terrorism has become the main objective of states such as UK and Iraq. The discovery of new technologies and the developments ...

Abstract

Democratic Kampuchea was one of the most violent regimes to ever rule. During the course of their rule, they were responsible for the death of more than two million individuals; as a proportion of the nation’s size, this is an incredibly large number. The deaths were the result of a nearly fundamentalist adherence to the philosophies espoused in The Communist Manifesto, and were incredibly damaging to the nation in both the long term and the short term. The years following the second world war were a tumultuous time for the world as a whole. The world knew that to have another ...

Introduction

Genocide was born out of the whims of political leaders whose powers met no restraints in the form of any formal convention. Political leaders gain motivation to commit genocide from their sheer dislike towards differences, often defined through nationality, religion and race, among others. Genocidal events have imbued a lasting negative impression throughout generations that have succeeded, especially on groups of people whose ancestors have gone through the plight of mass killings. With that kind of awareness in mind, contemporary politics has become more sensitive in limiting the powers of political leaders. Notions ...

“Genocide” is the term used to describe a mass destruction of, or within a particular group, based on racial, religious, or ethnic discrimination, with deliberate and systematic motives. The term “Genocide” was coined by Raphael Lemkin, in the year 1944. Lemkin was a lawyer and his book “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe” introduced us to this term for the first time. According to Raphael Lemkin, “Genocide signifies a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.” However, according to the Convention on the Prevention and ...

Total war was the product of modern, industrial society and the tremendous advances in science and technology that were applied to the development of new weapons like the machine gun, the submarine, poison gas, the airplane and the atomic bomb. To be sure, warfare had always been brutal and atrocities were commonplace long before the invention of modern weapons, but in the world wars of the 20th Centuries, all of the industrial, scientific and economic power of advanced societies were applied to warfare, while the distinctions between civilians and soldiers disappeared as cities were carpet bombed out of existence. ...

The scope of this thesis shall be limited to explaining why the anti-Nazi Germans, Croatians, and Hungarians supported Hitler’s anti-Semitic agenda despite the fact that they did not subscribe to the same ideology. Despite the fact that history largely pins the blame on the Nazis for the Jewish holocaust in Europe, questions have risen about the role played by the ordinary citizens in perpetuating the injustice. Specifically, the thesis shall be concerned with what compels the masses to follow and to accept narcissist leaders such as Adolf Hitler. Many historians might argue that most Germans, Croatians and Hungarians ...