Crisis in Darfur

What is Genocide? Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, 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. (Article 2 CPPCG)

Other Definitions Genocide is a form of violent social conflict or war, between armed power organizations that aim to destroy civilian social groups and those groups and other actors who resist this destruction. Genocidal action is action in which armed power organizations treat civilian social groups as enemies and aim to destroy their real or putative social power, by means of killing, violence and coercion against individuals whom they regard as members of the groups. –Martin Shaw, What is Genocide?

Genocide throughout History Congo Free State Armenian (two genocides) Bosnia Cambodia East Timor Guatemala India The Holocaust Namibia Rwanda The Serbian genocide The Ukraine Darfur? *this list represents a sample of all genocides throughout history

a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country What is Civil War? Many definitions According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a civil war is a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country

Darfur

What’s going on in Darfur? Questions to consider: Who does the conflict involve? Does the conflict align with the 8 stages of genocide? What is the UN’s definition of genocide? Is genocide the same as “a crime against humanity?”

Darfur Today Katie Couric reports on the crisis in Darfur Darfur

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