"Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part."
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, particularly those of a particular ethnic, national, or religious group.
Definition of Genocide: This topic covers the definition of genocide, characteristics of genocide, and different types of genocide.
Historical background: The historical background of genocide covers the origins of the term, instances of genocide throughout history, and the evolution of international laws on genocide.
Causes and motivations: This topic covers the causes and motivations behind genocides, including political, socio-economic, and cultural factors that contribute to the outbreak of genocide.
Perpetrators: This topic covers the roles of the perpetrators in genocides, including leaders, military officials, police, and civilians.
Victims and survivors: This topic covers the experiences of victims and survivors of genocide, including the psychological and social impacts on individuals and communities.
International response: The international response to genocide covers the role of the United Nations, international tribunals, and other organizations in preventing and responding to genocide.
Case studies: This topic covers specific cases of genocide throughout history, including the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the Bosnian genocide.
Prevention and intervention: This topic covers strategies for preventing and intervening in genocides, including early-warning systems, diplomatic and economic measures, and military intervention.
Memorialization and justice: This topic covers the role of memory and justice in the aftermath of genocide, including the importance of memorialization, reparations, and legal accountability.
Genocide denial and prevention efforts: This topic covers the challenges in recognizing and addressing genocide denial, as well as current efforts to prevent future genocides.
Ethnic Genocide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific ethnic group.
Religious Genocide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific religious group.
National Genocide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific national group.
Cultural Genocide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific cultural group.
Gendercide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific gender, such as the killing of females in societies that value males.
Political Genocide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific political group, such as those who hold opposing views.
Forced Displacement: Involves the forced forced relocation of a specific group from their homes and communities.
Systematic Rape and Sexual Violence: Involves the use of rape and other forms of sexual violence as a weapon of genocide.
Extermination: Involves the deliberate killing of members of a group, either as individuals or in mass killings.
Biological Genocide: Involves the intentional destruction of a specific group through the use of biological agents or toxins.
"These five acts were: killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group."
"Victims are targeted because of their real or perceived membership of a group, not randomly."
"The Political Instability Task Force estimated that 43 genocides occurred between 1956 and 2016, resulting in about 50 million deaths."
"The UNHCR estimated that a further 50 million had been displaced by such episodes of violence up to 2008."
"Genocide, especially large-scale genocide, is widely considered to signify the epitome of human evil."
"As a label, it is contentious because it is moralizing, and has been used as a type of moral category since the late 1990s."
"In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as any of five 'acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.'"
"A national, ethnical, racial or religious group."
"Causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group."
"Victims are targeted because of their real or perceived membership of a group, not randomly."
"43 genocides occurred between 1956 and 2016, resulting in about 50 million deaths."
"A further 50 million had been displaced by such episodes of violence up to 2008."
"Genocide, especially large-scale genocide, is widely considered to signify the epitome of human evil."
"As a label, it is contentious because it is moralizing, and has been used as a type of moral category since the late 1990s."
"The United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide..."
"Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group."
"Victims are targeted because of their real or perceived membership of a group, not randomly."
"The UNHCR estimated that a further 50 million had been displaced by such episodes of violence up to 2008."
"As a label, it is contentious because it is moralizing..."