Genocide

Question 1

Who came up with the word genicide

Answer 1

Raphael lemkin

Question 2

How did lemkin come up with it

Answer 2

Used it to describe crimes committed against the Armenians during ww1

Question 3

Who is Raphael lemkin

Answer 3

Polish Jew jurist

Introed legal safeguards for ethnic, religious and social groups in 1933

Published works during ww2

Question 4

More about lemkin

Answer 4

Served with team that prepared Nuremberg trials

Pushed un to make genocide a law

Question 5

Prevention

Answer 5

First 2 are what concerns

Question 6

Article 1

Answer 6

Contracting parties confirm that genocide commited during peace or war is a crime under international law

Question 7

Article 2

Answer 7

Genocide means intent to destroy, in a while it part, a national, ethical, racial as such

1) killing members of group
2) causing serious bodily or mentally harm members
3) inflicting on the group
4) intended to prevent births
5) forcibly transferring children of group to another group

Question 8

Problems with definition

Answer 8

Broad and narrow 
How many?
Intent to destroy a determinant ?
Groups excluded
Mental harm

Question 9

Causes (ideological genocide)

Answer 9

New elite comes to power

Question 10

Unreatrained power

Answer 10

The more power gov has the more it can act according to whims of elite

Question 11

Opportunity

Answer 11

Revolutions and wars provide opportunity to reminisce groups

Question 12

Indifference

Answer 12

Not a cause by a factor

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Causes (individual)

Answer 13

Hate
Compulsion 1(obedience to authority)
Bureaucratic distance 
Compulsion 2 (group dynamics)
Human nature
Personal gain

Question 14

Definition of genocide

Answer 14

Genos =tribe , race, family

Cide= killing