Category:Genocide

These events of mass murder are called genocide, meaning the act of killing people in large numbers, specifically targeting racial, ethnic, national, or religious groups. Below are the seven risk factors of genocide :

1) War: Most genocides happen during wars.

2) History of genocide: Has a country experienced a genocide in its history and has gone away unpunished? Impunity can increase the likelihood of a genocide in the future.

3) Ethnic exclusivity: Is the country governed by an ethnically exclusive elite? Has it excluded minorities from the same rights?

4) Ideology: Does the ruling class have an exclusionary ideology? (Nazism, Communism, Islamic fundamentalism, etc.)

5) Autocracy: Totalitarian regimes are the most likely to commit genocide.

6) Isolation: Hermit kingdoms will most likely murder or commit massacres against its own people.

7) Mass violations of human rights: Examples include widespread torture, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary arrests and imprisonment.

Genocides are usually organized and follow the Ten Stages of Genocide :

1) Classification, 2) Symbolization, 3) Discrimination, 4) Dehumanization, 5) Organization, 6) Polarization, 7) Preparation, 8) Persecution, 9) Extermination, 10) Denial

Founder and president of Genocide Watch Gregory Stanton's works can be found in the following link: http://genocidewatch.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Why-Do-People-Commit-Genocide-and-What-Can-We-Do-To-Stop-It.pdf