PPT-The Rwandan Genocide

UN Peacekeeping Josh H ombrebueno Background Before the 1960s Rwanda was ruled by the country of Belgium The Belgians favoured the ethnic group known as the Tutsis who made up 15 of the nations population because they looked more European than the other ethnic group known as the Hutus. Perpetrators . When: April 1992- December 1995. Who: Bosnian Serbs, Slobodan Milosevic. Slobodan Milosevic . (1941- 2006). President of Serbia . Radovan Karadzic. (1945-present). Supreme Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army. A. ny . of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, . ethnic, . racial or religious . group: . (a) Killing members of the . group . (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the . Genocide- the deliberate systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group. Examples of Genocide throughout history. Rwanda. Kosovo. Irish Famine. Armenian . Aim: What was the impact of the tragic events in Rwanda? . Do Now:. What does the word “genocide” mean?. Write about a time and place where “genocide” occurred.. What is Genocide?. Genocide means actions committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.. Case study of Sudan. Do Now. Using any background knowledge you have answer the questions on the genocide pre-test.. Fill in every question!. Learning Target. Explain what genocide is. Identify genocides in the 20. Allyson Roper. Period-6. 2/27/14. Located in Sudan. Omar Bashir took controll and started to create problems between farmers and nomadic Arib tribes. Omar was power hungry. Janjaweed militia would attack villages and killed 400 villages. Article: “Why is the Twentieth Century the Century of Genocide?”. Author: Mark Levene. Source: Journal of World History 11, no. 2. (Fall 2000). Online Source: Bridging World History. -The article seeks to relate the specific phenomenon of genocide to broader processes that have helped create and shape modern international society. Perpetrators. When: April 6, 1994 – July 15, 1994. Who: Hutu-led government and Hutu extremists. Theoneste. . Bagosora. (1941-present). Chief of Staff, Ministry of Defense. Established . Interahamwe. By: Calvin Miller and Jack Shepherd. Background. Bosnia . makes . up a triangular-shaped republic, about half the size of . Kentucky. It is located on the Balkan peninsula in Europe. The region . in the south is largely . Definition. The International Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide . defines . ______________________ as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such. on April 6, 1994, and for . the next . hundred days, up to 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia using clubs and machetes . It was sparked . by death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on April 6, 1994. Rwanda. History/facts:. 85% of Rwandans are Hutus but for most of Rwandan history the country was dominated by the Tutsi minority.. Tutsi in early Rwandan society were in charge of the cattle while Hutu tended the land. . onomic stressors during a ten year period. In this section I will inve ethnic violence: the symbolist political theory developed by Political Science scholar Stuart Kaufman, and the rational choice th 25 26 African Studies Review innocent, provide reparations, establish the truth, promote reconciliation between the Hutu and the Tutsi, and heal a nation torn apart by genocide and civil war in 1994.