genocide

Jurist Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide in 1944. The term is derived from the Greek “genos” meaning “kind or kin” and the suffix –cide, meaning to kill. Genocide is the systematic attempt to kill an entire population of people based on any number of perceived differences.

On December 9, 1948 the United Nations General Assembly, in light of the events of World War II and Lemkin’s research, adopted the United Nations Genocide Convention (UNGC).

Genocide has increased with frequency since the end of WWII and has included the deaths of millions throughout the world. From the genocide in Darfur to the Armenian genocide, the brutality and wholesale destruction of human life poses a very serious threat to countless people throughout the world.

Original Technorati articles tagged “genocide”

• in Finance
  Dying for a Living
  If we lose our capacity to feel for other people then the real enemy is ourselves. The most atrocious acts, like genocide, must get a rise out of us.
  by kalespress / on Oct 3, 2011
• in Film
  There Is Something in Forgiveness for Each of Us
  Can we be forgiven for the wrongs we do if we are unwilling to forgive others?
  by missbobetier / on Apr 23, 2011
• in TV
  Pushing the Elephant Illustrates the Horrors of War on a Personal Level
  One person alone cannot push the elephant, but many people together can. –Rose Mapendo
  by missbobetier / on Mar 23, 2011

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