Knowra Genocide Genocide Genocide is the commission of specified acts with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. The definition comes from the 1948 Genocide Convention.
Genocide Convention : The 1948 treaty that defines genocide and requires states to prevent and punish it. Its Article II supplies the legal definition used in international law.
Genocidal process : The social and political escalation through which organized persecution can develop into genocide. It describes how discrimination and exclusion can become systematic destruction.
Armenian genocide : The mass deportation and killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is a major historical case whose legal and political recognition remains contested.
Crimes against humanity : Certain widespread or systematic attacks against civilians, prosecuted as international crimes. Unlike genocide, this crime does not require intent to destroy a protected group.
Genocide prevention : Measures intended to stop genocide before it occurs or prevent its recurrence. The Genocide Convention obliges states to prevent genocide, not only punish it.
Genocidal intent : The intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a protected group as such. This specific intent distinguishes genocide from other mass atrocities.
Propaganda : Communication designed to shape beliefs and behavior, often through selective or misleading messages. Dehumanizing propaganda can help mobilize support for violence against a targeted group.
The Holocaust : The systematic persecution and murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. The Holocaust helped drive the postwar effort to define and prohibit genocide.
War crimes : Serious violations of the laws and customs of armed conflict that entail individual criminal responsibility. War crimes require a connection to armed conflict, not genocidal intent.
Genocide denial : The rejection, minimization, or distortion of established evidence that genocide occurred. Denial can obstruct recognition, accountability, and efforts to prevent renewed violence.
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