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Genocide

The origin of the word genocide
Bones from victims of the Armenian Genocide (1915).
A Japanese soldier with victims of the Nanjing Massacre (1937)
Skulls at a memorial site about the Rwandan genocide (1994)
Victims of the Srebrenica massacre (1995) are exhumed

During a genocide, a group (often a government, army, or paramilitary) tries to destroy another group because of their ethnicity, race, nationality, and/or or religion. Genocide is always an intentional act - never an accident.[1]

In a genocide, the targeted (victim) group is killed in large numbers. However, genocide also involves other methods. These include preventing the group from being able to survive (for example, by starving them); forcing them to assimilate; destroying their culture; and/or stopping them from having children.[1]

Genocide is often motivated by hatred or fear of the targeted group, like racism or antisemitism. Other genocides happen for political reasons.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "How the Court Works". International Criminal Court. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
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