Genocide refers to the mass killing of a given racial, religious, ethnic, or national group either partially or in whole. Genocide is often deliberate and may instead of killing also involve causing bodily or mental harm and imposing measures intended to harm them. After the German Nazis had a genocide of the Jews, the significance of human rights as a component of international justice grew. The countries that formed the United Nations after World War II came up with regulations that would protect individuals and communities from government encroachments or dangerous groups. Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have been some of the latest examples of genocide where the violation of human rights was so adverse leading to deaths, loss of property, and poverty.
Between 1996 and 2003 massacres occurred in DRC thus imposing a challenge to the world. One of the factors believed to have fueled the violence was revenge by the Hutu refugees after the Hutu perpetrated the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda. This follows after Major General Kagame boldly brought the Rwandan genocide while the international community watched it in 1994.
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Campbell et al, (2010) (116) observe that human rights and their violation are based on humanity. They are defined in the constitutions of various governments and organizations and best sustained by legal enactment. These rights evolved from divine law, then natural law, through natural rights, and finally to human rights. Okosun and Naupess(2013) (484) additionally points out that human rights are supposed to be shared by every person regardless of their religion, race, background, or nationality…. When Kagame’s RPF/RPA allied AFDL invaded DRC they violated the human rights of civilians and the Hutu refugees and Congolese citizens. However, after the fall of President Mobutu the UN came in to investigate violations of human rights but President Kabila’s DRC government refused to cooperate with the UN commission of investigations. Even though there was no transparency making it hard to address the charges, some witnesses admitted that the Tutsi soldiers separated young Hutu boys from girls then the boys were killed and cut into two, and the girls were allowed to go back to Rwanda.
Although human rights have a long history, Campbell et al, (2010) (118) observes that the atrocities of World War II propelled the advent of the UN and the establishment of any human rights principles. However, to date crimes against humanity, and torture among others still exist.
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Matloff, Judith. 1997. "Old issues follow new Congo. (Cover story)." Christian Science Monitor, May 27. 1. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed March 27, 2018).
Okosun, T. Y., and Naupess Kibiswa. "Human rights violations and genocide in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo." Contemporary Justice Review 16, no. 4 (2013): 482-493.
Okosun, T. Y., and Naupess Kibiswa. "Human rights violations and genocide in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo." Contemporary Justice Review 16, no. 4 (2013): 482-493.
Campbell, Patricia J., Aran MacKinnon, and Christy R. Stevens. An introduction to global studies . John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
Matloff, Judith. 1997. "Old issues follow new Congo. (Cover story)." Christian Science Monitor, May 27. 1. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed March 27, 2018).
