Bosnian Genocide

The Cambodian Genocide The Cambodian genocide lasted from 1975-1979 and killed “approximately 1.7 million people” (Kiernan). The Cambodian genocide was run by the “Khmer Rouge regime headed by Pol Pot combined extremist ideology with ethnic animosity and a diabolical disregard for human life to produce repression, misery, and murder on a massive scale“ (Kiernan). The Khmer Rouge’s goal during this genocide was to fix society by limiting religions and races. During the genocide “Certain minority…

“Child of Dandelions” by author Shenaaz Nanji is a novel that focuses on the protagonist Sabine and her Indian family, as they face injustices and struggle to escape from the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Sabine, her family, and the entire Indian community face many difficulties throughout the way, such as extreme racism. Child of Dandelions should be used as a full novel study for the I.B. program because it conveys international mindedness. It does so by illustrating military dictatorship through…

The Rwandan Genocide and Belgium Trouble ensued when Belgium took control of Rwanda. Dividing people into groups, such as Tutsis and Hutus, caused political conflict. These conflicts eventually led to the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Belgium separated Tutsis from the Hutus to form a political system and to strengthen their control, but it was flawed because the division was based on solely physical characteristics. they were the minority, Tutsis were considered the upper class, and Hutus the lower…

“Hotel Rwanda” was one of the most graphic genocides in history. It started in 1994 and over 800,000 people between the Hutus and the Tutsis have died as a result of this genocide. The Holocaust killed over 20 million Jews and people of other descents who weren’t light colored skin with blonde hair and blue eyes. The UN and other organizations truly failed to help those who were affected by the events of the Rwandan genocide and Holocaust. The Rwandan Genocide was triggered by a President’s…

Many people have heard of the Armenian Genocide, but not many people know the sinister methods the Turks used to kill the Armenians. A genocide is a systematic, planned mass murder of a particular group. This time, The Turkish government wanted to eliminate the Armenian population of Turkey. Armenia became part of the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century, meaning that the Turks controlled Armenia. In 1908, the Young Turks took over the government. After years of being discriminated, the…

may be deemed ineffective; these being hesitation to intervene, lack of money and manpower, enforceability and state sovereignty and finally the Security Council. In order to contextualise these ideas, this paper will primarily focus on the Rwandan Genocide. The United Nations (UN)…

On April 6, 1994 the death of the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi sparked a massacre within Rwanda, known as the Rwandan Genocide. Genocide is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the “deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. ” Social bias, discrimination and prejudice ultimately lead to the death of up to 1,000,000 Rwandans. What social roles lead to this massacre and what precautions can be taken to prevent an event like this?…

Uganda experienced a genocide. This occurred because the president was assassinated before he changed the nation’s monetary policy. Following the assassination, the the nation’s divided social groups began to murder one another. Throughout the chaos of the what I viewed, I wondered where God was. If he was there, shouldn’t he have the power to stop all this? God is known to be almighty, powerful, and all knowing. This being said, many also believe that God was the cause for the genocide.…

In the 1990’s the country of Rwanda faced terrible acts of genocide these acts of genocide left families and loved ones torn apart due to the tone of someone’s skin and many more insignificant physical features. A million members of the Tutsi tribe were slaughtered by members of the Hutu tribe in a terrible killing spree that took place while the world looked away. "Hotel Rwanda" is not the story of the terrible genocide. It is the story of a heroic and brave hotel manager who saved the lives of…

El Salvador has been overran with unequal rights and violence caused by the Civil War. The 1 United States became involved in this conflict through the struggle for human rights, democracy, and equality. During the Civil War, the U.S. sent more than $4.5 billion in aid to the Salvadoran government, and trained many Salvadoran soldiers on U.S. ground. In 1977, the U.S. voiced concerns about the frequent human right violations. The Salvadoran government renounced all aid from the U.S. El Salvador…