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Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Article 2 as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
Coining of the term genocide
The term "genocide" was coined by Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), a Polish Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, from the roots genos (Greek for family, tribe or race) and -cide (Latin - occidere or cideo - to massacre).
Lemkin said about the definition of genocide in its original adoption for international law at the Geneva Conventions:
- Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify 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. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups.Raphael Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe (Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1944), p. 79.
Lemkin's original genocide definition was narrow, as it addressed only crimes against "national groups" rather than "groups" in general. At the same time, it was broad in that it included not only physical genocide, but also acts aimed at destroying the culture and livelihood of the group.
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EPS - Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of Rwanda - Academic paper about the background to the genocide.
Frontline: The Triumph of Evil - A report on the Rwanda genocide and how the United Nations and the West ignored warnings of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and turned its back on the victims of the genocide.
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Hotel Rwanda - Official movie site of the true story of hotel manager Paul Rusesabaginato who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during the genocide.
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) - Established by the U.N. Security Council to prosecute persons responsible for the genocide. Includes law texts, case descriptions, and ICTR management backgrounds.
Lasting Wounds: Consequences of Genocide and War for Rwanda's Children - Rwandan children still suffer the consequences of the 1994 genocide and the war that preceded and followed it. In the 80-page report, Human Rights Watch documents the widespread abuse and exploitation of children in 1994 and since.
Rudy Brueggemann's Rwanda Analysis Page - Rudy Brueggemann's Rwanda analysis page, with links to a page of Rwanda-related links and a page of Rwanda images, 1997
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Rwanda's collective amnesia - Article in the Unesco courier about Rwanda
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RwandaHope - An interfaith and pacifist organization committed to undertake by peaceful means the survival, the welfare, and the dignity of Rwandans, particularly the least able to withstand the stress caused by their tragic situation, by generating programs aimed at alleviating the suffering of those in need.
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The Tragedy in Rwanda - High school research paper on U.S. and world policy on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Valentina's Nightmare - A frontline special report from PBS.
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Verdicts on the crime of genocide - by the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda.
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Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda - Book includes drawings made by children, who witnessed genocidal acts. Page includes reviews and order form.
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