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1 Genocide In the Modern Era

2 Raphael Lemkin Pushed for, worked to make ‘genocide’ a crime under international law, in 1948. Lawyer from Poland, lost 40 of his family in Holocaust.

3 Successor to League Of Nations which came after WW 1.
In 1948, U.N. issued Universal Declaration of Human Rights Member nations are required to take action against / try to stop ‘genocide’, so they are reluctant to use that word. The United Nations

4 Examples of Genocide: Armenian Genocide of WW I
Ottoman Turks killed (Christian) Armenians (said the Armenians were staging a rebellion)

5 Examples of Genocide: The Holocaust (WW II)
Mainly Jews, but also •Jehovah’s Witnesses •Gays •Roma (a.k.a. Gypsies) •People with mental/physical (etc.) (so not just Jews)

6 Examples of Genocide: Cambodia 1970s
Khmer Rouge killed ‘intellectuals (if didn’t have calluses on hands, if wore glasses, etc.)

7 Examples of Genocide: Iraq, in 1980s
Saddam Hussein vs. Kurds of Northern Iraq (numbers killed were lower, but same patterns)

8 Examples of Genocide: Rwanda (Africa) 1993
By Hutus against Tutsis

9 Examples of Genocide:Bosnia & Herzegovina, 1990s
Serbians killed (Muslim) Bosnians

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