LIBRARY
Social Justice: Genocide
What is Genocide?
"The term 'genocide' did not exist before 1944. It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. Human rights, as laid out in the U.S. Bill of Rights or the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, concern the rights of individuals. "
[from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website]
Books about Genocide
Journey into darkness: genocide in Rwanda by ISBN: 9781585444571
What is Genocide?
What is Genocide?
For someone to be convicted of genocide, it has to be proved that they had the intent to destroy – in totally or in part – a national, ethnic or religious group.
- UN Convention on Genocide19 Articles of the Convention.
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumNumerous links, articles and information about genocide.
http://www.youtube.com/ushmm
Suggested Websites
- Armenian GenocideResource library for teachers
- Genocide WatchInternational Alliance to end genocide. Founded on May 15, 1999 at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in the Netherlands.
- Human Rights WatchAugust 30, 2011
- Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights StudiesThe Institute seeks not only to uncover the underlying reasons for genocide and other crimes against humanity, but also to put forth concrete policy recommendations to resolve conflicts before they intensify and spiral into mass atrocity crimes.
- Waging PeaceWaging Peace (WP) is a non-governmental organisation that campaigns against genocide and systematic human rights abuses, with a particular focus on Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic.
The Marsh Arabs of Iraq
In the 1990s, the Mesopotamian Marshes were virtually destroyed by Saddam Hussein in an attempt to eradicate the Marsh Arabs who lived there... by literally "draining life from Iraq's marshes." Reaching beyond the social and political ramifications, the permanent environmental and economic damage caused by this policy may be irreversible. By diverting the water flow of one of the most famous and important river systems in the world (the Tigris/Euphrates), the Iraqi leaders appear to be tampering with not only their environment but with their historical legacy, as well.
- PBS Braving Iraq: Finding Water for the MarshesHoping to restore the marshes.
- United States Institute of PeaceThe Marsh Arabs of Iraq: Hussein's Lesser Known Victims
- UN Environment ProgrammeThe Mesopotamian Marshlands: Decline of an Ecosystem. Technical Report
Human Rights blog
Organizations
- The Will to Intervene Project"...spearheading the fight against genocide by building domestic political will in Canada and the United States to prevent future mass atrocities." Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Life StoriesLife Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide, and other Human Rights Violations is an oral history project exploring Montrealers’ experiences and memories of mass violence and displacement. A team of both university and community-based researchers is in the process of recording life story interviews with more than 500 Montreal residents over the course of the next five years.
- EquitasEquitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education has forty years of experience in the development and delivery of human rights education programming in Canada and around the world.