Cenoclde

WhaL ls Cenoclde?
W Systemat|c exterm|nat|on of a group of peop|e on
the bas|s of a def|n|ng character|st|c
eclflc ComonenLs
W @S are commlLLed
W WlLh Lhe -@-@
W @o S@
W grou of eoe
W 8ased on a specific chorocteristic of Lhe grou
(race relglon eLhnlclLy eLc)
Word War ll
(19391943)
W PoocausL mllon !ews were sysLemaLlcay
murdered ln concenLraLlon cams
*** mllon oLher lndlvlduas were kled as we (12 mllon LoLa) doesn'L
exacLy flL Lhe deflnlLlon of genoclde Lhough
ConvenLlon ueflnlLlon
W ny of Lhe foowlng acLs commlLLed wlLh lnLenL Lo
desLroy ln whoe or ln arL a naLlona eLhnlca racla
or relglous grou as such
kllng members of Lhe grou
Causlng serlous bodly or menLa harm Lo members of Lhe
grou
CreaLlng lvlng condlLlons of Lhe grou wlLh Lhe lnLenL Lo
brlng abouL lLs hyslca desLrucLlon ln whle or ln arL
lmoslng measures lnLended Lo revenL blrLhs wlLhln Lhe
grou
orclby Lransferrlng chldren of Lhe grou Lo anoLher
grou
COUNTRES AT RSK 2011
W-u
wanda
W LocaLed ln CenLra frlca mosL densey
ouaLed counLry ln frlca
W ouaLed by Lwo ma[or eLhlc grous PuLus
(90) and @uLsls (domlnanL arlsLocracy)
kllng read
W rl ma [eL carrylng Lhe Lwo resldenLs was
shoL down by ground mlssleswanda unged lnLo
olLlca vloence
W PuLus began LargeLlng @uLsl eaders and Lhen began
lndlscrlmlnaLey kllng @uLsl clvllans (lu cards from
coonla days)
W u- eacekeelng forces overwhemed 10 sodlers
from 8eglum were caLured and murdered
unlLed LaLes rance 8eglum and lLay
evacuaLed
kllngs lncreased
W WlLhouL Lhe u- PuLus began murderlng
hundreds of Lhousands of @uLsls
Cne case 1200 @uLsls soughL refuge buL were
found by PuLus kllng began aL 8am and asLed
unLl Lhe evenlngeveryone was kled
orced Lo kl @uLsl nelghbors or face belng kled
yoursef
orced Lo kl famly members
Less Lhan 100 days
W Cver 800000 eoe were kled
Lwlce Lhe ouaLlon of WashlngLon uC
1/10 of Lhelr enLlre ouaLlon
W kllngs ended when nelghborlng @uLsl rebes
lnvaded and defeaLed Lhe PuLu mllLla ln !uy
1994
;uesLlons
W WhaL can we earn from Lhe genoclde ln
wanda?
W Pave we earned Lhese essons?
uarfur
ebruary 2003
W esuL of rebe vloence agalnsL Lhe udanese
governmenL
W CovernmenL backed mllLlas (!an[aweed)
qulcky moved agalnsL Lhe clvllans ln Lhe
reglon
Iloence
W LLhnlcay based rab !an[aweed flghLlng
agalnsL 8ack vlagers
W lL ls noL relglousy based because neary
everyone ls Muslm
W er 400000 peop|e hae been k|||ed so
far as a resu|t of the |o|ence |n arfur
W Cver haf of Lhe vlages have been burned Lo
Lhe ground
IlCLL-CL
W Cver 2 mllon eoe have been dlsaced wlLhln
uarfur and 200000 eoe are lvlng ln refugee
cams ln Chad
W ae has been used as a weaon of war agalnsL
women and glrs when Lhey go ouL of Lhe cams
ooklng for flrewood
l@-CL/lu
W !une 2009 Word ood rogram of unlLed -aLlons
sald LhaL over haf Lhe ouaLlon needed food
W Cxfam Care Lhe lnLernaLlona escue CommlLLee
and Lhe u- are Lrylng Lo he noL enough money
has been recelved
LeLLer Lo Lhe resldenL
W WrlLe a eLLer Lo Lhe resldenL exresslng your
olnlons on whaL shoud be done ln uarfur ls
merlca dolng enough? WhaL ese can be
done?
W lf you flnlsh eary dlscuss your LhoughLs wlLh
your nelghbor and come u wlLh ldeas ?oung
eoe can aways make a dlfference!