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Genocide In the Modern Era

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.

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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