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=== Genocides before World War I ===

[[Raphael Lemkin]] applied the concept of genocide to a wide variety of events throughout [[human history]]. He and other scholars date the first genocides to [[prehistoric times]].{{sfn|Naimark|2017|p=vii}}{{sfn|Lemos|Taylor|Kiernan|2023|p=31}}{{sfn|Irvin-Erickson|2023|p=11}} Genocide is mentioned in various ancient sources including the [[Hebrew Bible]], in which God commanded genocide ([[Herem (war or property)|herem]]) against some of the Israelites' enemies, especially [[Amalek]].{{sfn|Naimark|2017|pp=7–9}}{{sfn|Lemos|Taylor|Kiernan|2023|pp=50–51}} Genocide in the ancient world often consisted of the massacre of men and the enslavement or forced assimilation of women and children—often [[urbicide|limited to a particular town or city]] rather than applied to a larger group.{{sfn|Lemos|Taylor|Kiernan|2023|pp=39, 50}} Potential [[medieval]] examples are found in Europe, even though experts caution against applying a modern term like ''genocide'' to such events.{{sfn|Fraser|2010|p=277}} Overall, premodern examples that can be considered genocide were relatively uncommon.{{sfn|Lemos|Taylor|Kiernan|2023|p=47}} Beginning in the [[early modern period]], racial ideologies emerged as a more important factor.{{sfn|Lemos|Taylor|Kiernan|2023|p=55}}

Analysis of [[genocide]]s before [[World War I]] is the result of modern studies that apply objectivity and fact, while previous accounts of genocides mostly aimed to emphasize one's own superiority.{{cn|date=August 2024}} According to Frank Chalk, [[Helen Fein]], and Kurt Jonassohn, if a dominant group of people had little in common with a marginalized group of people, it was easy for the dominant group to define the marginalized group as a subhuman group; the marginalized group might be labeled a threat that must be eliminated.{{sfn|Jones|2006|p=3|ps=: "The difficulty, as Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn pointed out in their early study, is that such historical records as exist are ambiguous and undependable. While history today is generally written with some fealty to 'objective' facts, most previous accounts aimed rather to praise the writer's patron (normally the leader) and to emphasize the superiority of one's own gods and religious beliefs."}}▼

▲Analysis of [[genocide]]s before [[World War I]] is the result of modern studies that apply objectivity and fact, while previous accounts of genocides mostly aimed to emphasize one's own superiority.{{cn|date=August 2024}} According to Frank Chalk, [[Helen Fein]], and Kurt Jonassohn, if a dominant group of people had little in common with a marginalized group of people, it was easy for the dominant group to define the marginalized group as a subhuman group; the marginalized group might be labeled a threat that must be eliminated.{{sfn|Jones|2006|p=3|ps=: "The difficulty, as Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn pointed out in their early study, is that such historical records as exist are ambiguous and undependable. While history today is generally written with some fealty to 'objective' facts, most previous accounts aimed rather to praise the writer's patron (normally the leader) and to emphasize the superiority of one's own gods and religious beliefs."}}

While the concept of genocide was formulated by Lemkin in the mid-20th century, the expansion of various European colonial powers, such as the British and the Spanish Empires, and the subsequent establishment of [[colonies]] on indigenous territory frequently involved acts of genocidal violence against [[indigenous groups]] in the Americas (including [[Genocide of Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Brazil]], [[Genocide of Indigenous peoples in Paraguay|Paraguay]], and the [[Native American genocide in the United States|United States]]), [[Genocide of Indigenous Australians|Australia]], Africa, and Asia.{{sfn|Jones|2010|p=139}} According to Lemkin, [[colonization]] was in itself "intrinsically genocidal", and he saw this genocide as a two-stage process, the first being the destruction of the indigenous population's way of life. In the second stage, the newcomers impose their way of life on the indigenous group.{{sfn|Moses|2004|p=27}}{{sfn|Forge|2012|p=77}} ▼

▲~~While the concept of genocide was formulated by Lemkin in the mid-20th century, the~~The expansion of various European colonial powers, such as the British and the Spanish Empires, and the subsequent establishment of [[colonies]] on indigenous territory frequently involved acts of genocidal violence against [[indigenous groups]] in the Americas (including [[Genocide of Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Brazil]], [[Genocide of Indigenous peoples in Paraguay|Paraguay]], and the [[Native American genocide in the United States|United States]]), [[Genocide of Indigenous Australians|Australia]], Africa, and Asia.{{sfn|Jones|2010|p=139}} According to Lemkin, [[colonization]] was in itself "intrinsically genocidal", and he saw this genocide as a two-stage process, the first being the destruction of the indigenous population's way of life. In the second stage, the newcomers impose their way of life on the indigenous group.{{sfn|Moses|2004|p=27}}{{sfn|Forge|2012|p=77}}

According to [[David Maybury-Lewis]], imperial and colonial forms of genocide are enacted in two main ways, either through the deliberate clearing of territories of their original inhabitants to make them exploitable for purposes of resource extraction or colonial settlements, or through enlisting indigenous peoples as [[forced laborers]] in [[colonialist]] or [[imperialist]] projects of resource extraction.{{sfn|Maybury-Lewis|2002|page=48}} The designation of specific events as genocidal is often controversial.{{sfn|Hitchcock|Koperski|2008|pp=577–582}}

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=== Genocides from 1946 through 1999 ===

The [[Genocide Convention]] was adopted by the [[UN General Assembly]] on 9 December 1948 and came into effect on 12 January 1951. After the necessary twenty countries became parties to the convention, it came into force as [[international law]] on 12 January 1951;{{sfn|Akande|Higgins|Sivakumaran|Webb|2018|p=64}} however, only two of the five permanent members of the [[UN Security Council]] were parties to the treaty, which caused the Convention to languish for over four decades.{{sfn|Hoffman|2010|p=260}} During the [[Cold War]] era, mass atrocities were committed by [[~~Anti-~~Mass killings under communist ~~mass killings~~regimes|~~anti-~~communist~~/capitalist~~ regimes]],~~{{sfn|Farid|2005}}~~{{sfn|Bellamy|2012|loc="The Cold War Struggle (12): ~~Capitalist~~Communist Atrocities"}} as well as by [[~~Mass killings under~~ Anti-communist ~~regimes~~mass killings|anti-communist/capitalist regimes]],{{sfn|Farid|2005}}{{sfn|Bellamy|2012|loc="The Cold War Struggle (21): ~~Communist~~Capitalist Atrocities"}} among them the [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66]], the [[1971 Bangladesh genocide]], the [[Cambodian genocide]], the [[Guatemalan genocide]] and the [[East Timor genocide]].{{sfn|Fein|1993}} The [[Rwandan genocide]] gave an extra impetus to [[genocide studies]] in the 1990s.{{sfn|Bloxham|Moses|2010|p=2}}

=== Genocides after 2000 ===

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The ongoing [[Amhara genocide]] started in the early 1990s with the implementation of ethnic federalism under the TPLF-led ruling, and events of the [[Tigray War|Northern Ethiopia war]] (Tigray conflict) since 2020 that intensified the violence further with war crimes committed by the Tigray forces in both the Amhara & Afar regions. On 20 November 2021, [[Gregory Stanton#Genocide Watch|Genocide Watch]] called for [[Predictions of a genocide in Ethiopia|genocide in Ethiopia]], predicted in the context of the war in Tigray and also the violence across the Oromia, and the Benishangul-Gumuz (Metekel) regions that worsened [[Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)|since 2018]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=Eric |last2=Hill |first2=Nat |title=Genocide Emergency: Ethiopia |website=[[Genocide Watch]] |date=20 November 2021 |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/genocide-emergency-ethiopia-1 |access-date=23 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123151639/https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/genocide-emergency-ethiopia-1 |archive-date=23 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 November, Odinkalu called for genocide prevention, stating: "We need to focus on an urgent programme of Genocide Prevention advocacy on Ethiopia NOW. It may be too late in 2 weeks, guys."<ref name="Odinkalu 2021"/> On 26 November, African Citizens and Alton, Clark, and Lapsley also called for the predicted genocide to be prevented.<ref name="Alton, Clark & Lapsley 2021"/><ref name="Ogunsakin 2021"/>

The [[Rohingya genocide]] is an ongoing genocide of the [[Islam in Myanmar|Muslim]] [[Rohingya people]] consisting of arson, rape, ethnic cleansing, and infanticide by the [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]]. The genocide has so far consisted of two phases so: the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been occurring since August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 January 2020 |title=World Court Rules Against Myanmar on Rohingya |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/23/world-court-rules-against-myanmar-rohingya |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=[[Human Rights Watch]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422131651/https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/23/world-court-rules-against-myanmar-rohingya |archive-date=22 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2017 |title=Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/292-myanmars-rohingya-crisis-enters-dangerous-new-phase |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=www.crisisgroup.org |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910092104/https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/292-myanmars-rohingya-crisis-enters-dangerous-new-phase |archive-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>

The Chinese government has engaged in a [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|series of human rights abuses]] against [[Uyghurs]] and other ethnic and religious minorities in [[Xinjiang]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 February 2021 |title=Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55973215 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210208184814/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55973215 |url-status=live}}</ref> Legislatures in several countries, including Canada,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Ryan Patrick |last=Jones |date=22 February 2021 |title=MPs vote to label China's persecution of Uighurs a genocide |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uighur-genocide-motion-vote-1.5922711 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |quote=A substantial majority of MPs — including most Liberals who participated — voted in favour of a Conservative motion that says China's actions in its western Xinjiang region meet the definition of genocide set out in the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention. ... The final tally was 266 in favour and zero opposed. Two MPs formally abstained. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815011450/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uighur-genocide-motion-vote-1.5922711 |archive-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hefffer |first=Greg |date=22 April 2021 |title=House of Commons declares Uighurs are being subjected to genocide in China |url=https://news.sky.com/story/house-of-commons-declares-uighurs-are-being-subjected-to-genocide-in-china-12283995 |work=[[Sky News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216011746/https://news.sky.com/story/house-of-commons-declares-uighurs-are-being-subjected-to-genocide-in-china-12283995 |archive-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> and France,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/french-parliament-denounces-china-s-uyghur-genocide-01642684207?refsec=afp-news&s=09 |work=[[Barron's]] |agency=[[Agence Press-France]] |title=French Parliament Denounces China's Uyghur 'Genocide' |date =20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205084104/https://www.barrons.com/news/french-parliament-denounces-china-s-uyghur-genocide-01642684207?refsec=afp-news&s=09 |archive-date=5 February 2024}}</ref> have passed non-binding motions describing China's actions as genocide. The United States officially denounced China's treatment of Uyghurs as a genocide.<ref>{{Cite news |title=U.S. Says China Is Committing 'Genocide' Against Uighur Muslims |last=Gordon |first=Michael R. |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=19 January 2021 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-declares-chinas-treatment-of-uighur-muslims-to-be-genocide-11611081555 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210119192533/https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-declares-chinas-treatment-of-uighur-muslims-to-be-genocide-11611081555 |archive-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

== International prosecution ==

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[[File:Srebrenica Massacre - Exhumed Grave of Victims - Potocari 2007.jpg|thumb|Exhumed mass grave of Srebrenica massacre victims in 2007]]

In July 1995, Serbian forces killed more than 8,000<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jrsEaRIzFkC&pg=PA81|title=The United Nations |first=Kirsten Nakjavani |last=Bookmiller |year=2008 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |access-date=4 August 2013 |isbn=978-1438102993 |page=81 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0J_JZbLElKkC&pg=PA25 |title=Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency |first1=Christopher |last1=Paul |first2=Colin P. |last2=Clarke |first3=Beth |last3=Grill |year=2010 |publisher=[[Rand Corporation]] |access-date=4 August 2013 |isbn=978-0833050786 |page=25 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mladic Arrives in The Hague |date=31 May 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/world/europe/01serbia.html |first=Marlise |last=Simons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410080319/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/world/europe/01serbia.html |archive-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> [[Bosniaks]] (Bosnian Muslims), mainly men and boys, both in and around the town of [[Srebrenica]] during the [[Bosnian War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.potocarimc.ba/_ba/liste/nestali_a.php|title=Srebrenica-Potočari: spomen obilježje i mezarje za žrtve genocida iz 1995 godine. Liste žrtava prema prezimenu |trans-title=Srebrenica-Potocari: Memorial and Cemetery for the victims of the genocide of 1995. Lists of victims by surname |language=bs |date=1995 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418221608/http://www.potocarimc.ba/_ba/liste/nestali_a.php |archive-date=18 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ICTY: The Conflicts |publisher=[[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] |access-date=5 August 2013 |url=http://www.icty.org/sid/322}}</ref> The killing was perpetrated by units of the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] [[command responsibility|which were under the command]] of General [[Ratko Mladić]]. The Secretary-General of the United Nations described the [[mass murder]] as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War.<ref name="UN SecGen 10th anniv">{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sgsm9993.doc.htm |website=UN Press Release SG/SM/9993UN, 11/07/2005 |title=Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Potocari-Srebrenica |publisher=[[United Nations]] |access-date=9 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109084054/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sgsm9993.doc.htm |archive-date=9 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="iwpr.net">{{cite web |author=Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Tribunal Update: Briefly Noted (TU No 398, 18 March 2005) |title=Institute for War & Peace Reporting - IWPR |url=http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=235656&apc_state=henitri2005}}</ref> A paramilitary unit from [[Republic of Serbia (1990–2006)|Serbia]] known as the [[Scorpions (paramilitary)|Scorpions]], officially a part of the Serbian Interior Ministry until 1991, participated in the massacre,<ref name="Williams">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/24/AR2005062401501_pf.html |title=Srebrenica Video Vindicates Long Pursuit by Serb Activist |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=26 May 2011 |first=Daniel |last=Williams |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230815100539/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/24/AR2005062401501_pf.html |archive-date=15 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web |url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/kordic_cerkez/tjug/en/kor-tj010226e.pdf |title=ICTY – Kordic and Cerkez Judgement – 3. After the Conflict |access-date=11 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905181824/https://www.icty.org/x/cases/kordic_cerkez/tjug/en/kor-tj010226e.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> along with several hundred Russian and [[Greek Volunteer Guard|Greek]] volunteers.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS1vHuAgcZgC&pg=PA3 |title=Memories of Mass Repression: Narrating Life Stories in the Aftermath of Atrocity |first=Norman M. |last=Naimark |author-link=Norman Naimark |year=2011 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |access-date=4 August 2013 |isbn=978-1412812047 |page=3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Helena |last=Smith |title=Greece faces shame of role in Serb massacre |date=5 January 2003 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/05/balkans.warcrimes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630192549/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/05/balkans.warcrimes |archive-date=30 June 2024}}</ref>

In 2001, the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]] delivered its first conviction for the crime of genocide, against General [[Radislav Krstić|Krstić]] for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre (on appeal he was found not guilty of genocide but was instead found guilty of aiding and abetting genocide).<ref>The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]] found in [https://archive.today/20120525111049/http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICTY/2001/8.html Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstic – Trial Chamber I – Judgment – IT-98-33 (2001) ICTY8 (2 August 2001)] that genocide had been committed. (see paragraph 560 for the name of the group in English on whom the genocide was committed). The judgement was upheld in ''[https://archive.today/20120529184845/http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICTY/2004/7.html Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstic – Appeals Chamber – Judgment – IT-98-33 (2004) ICTY 7 (19 April 2004)]''</ref>

In February 2007, the [[International Court of Justice]] returned a judgment in the [[Bosnian Genocide Case]]. It upheld the findings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia that genocide had been committed in and around Srebrenica but did not find that genocide had been committed on the wider territory of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] during the war. The court also ruled that [[Serbia]] was not responsible for the genocide nor was it responsible for "aiding and abetting it", although it ruled that Serbia could have done more to prevent the genocide and that Serbia failed to punish the perpetrators.<ref>{{cite news |first=Arthur |last=Max |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/26/international/i033600S38.DTL&type=politics |title=Court: Serbia failed to prevent genocide |publisher=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=26 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810091849/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F02%2F26%2Finternational%2Fi033600S38.DTL&type=politics |archive-date=10 August 2007 ~~|df=dmy~~}}</ref> Before this ruling, the term [[Bosnian Genocide]] had been used by some academics<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.honors.ucr.edu/Courses/hnpg036p.htm |title=HNPG 036P (or 033T) History: Bosnian Genocide In the Historical Perspective |publisher=[[University of California]] Riverside |date=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516181854/http://www.honors.ucr.edu/Courses/hnpg036p.htm |archive-date=16 May 2007 ~~|df=dmy~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.honors.ucr.edu/Courses/winter2007.htm |title=Winter 2007 Honors Courses |publisher=[[University of California]] Riverside |date=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810134723/http://www.honors.ucr.edu/Courses/winter2007.htm |archive-date=10 August 2007 ~~|df=dmy~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.honors.ucr.edu/Courses/winter2008.htm |title=Winter 2008 Honors Courses |publisher=[[University of California]] Riverside |date=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029073204/http://www.honors.ucr.edu/Courses/winter2008.htm |archive-date=29 October 2007 ~~|df=dmy~~}}</ref> and human rights officials.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2001/12/11/milosevic-face-bosnian-genocide-charges |title=Milosevic to Face Bosnian Genocide Charges |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=11 December 2001 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202195854/https://www.hrw.org/news/2001/12/11/milosevic-face-bosnian-genocide-charges |archive-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Vujadin Popović]], [[Lieutenant Colonel]] and the Chief of Security of the Drina Corps of the [[Bosnian Serb Army]], and [[Ljubiša Beara]], [[Colonel]] and Chief of Security of the same army, were convicted of genocide, extermination, murder and persecution by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for their role in the Srebrenica massacre and were each sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/10/hague.srebrenica.verdict/?hpt=T1 |title=Seven convicted over 1995 Srebrenica massacre |work=[[CNN]] |date=10 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223180650/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/10/hague.srebrenica.verdict/?hpt=T1 |archive-date=23 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10283403 |title=Life for Bosnian Serbs over genocide at Srebrenica |work=[[BBC News]] |date=10 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713055735/https://www.bbc.com/news/10283403 |archive-date=13 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7147500.ece |title=Hague court sentences Bosnian Serbs to life for Srebrenica genocide |work=Times Online |date=10 June 2010 |location=London |first=David |last=Charter |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/7818653/Bosnian-Serbs-convicted-of-genocide-over-Srebrenica-massacre.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/7818653/Bosnian-Serbs-convicted-of-genocide-over-Srebrenica-massacre.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Bosnian Serbs convicted of genocide over Srebrenica massacre |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=10 June 2010 |location=London |first=Bruno |last=Waterfield}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2016 and 2017, [[Radovan Karadžić]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=24 March 2016 |title=Radovan Karadzic sentenced to 40-year imprisonment for Srebrenica genocide, war crimes |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Radovan-Karadzic-sentenced-to-40-year-imprisonment-for-Srebrenica-genocide-war-crimes/article14173135.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611230628/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Radovan-Karadzic-sentenced-to-40-year-imprisonment-for-Srebrenica-genocide-war-crimes/article14173135.ece |archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> and Ratko Mladić were sentenced for genocide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58143#.WhadpdLiXIU |title=UN hails conviction of Mladic, the 'epitome of evil,' a momentous victory for justice |date=22 November 2017 |publisher=[[UN News Centre]] |access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501013118/https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/11/636942-un-hails-conviction-mladic-epitome-evil-momentous-victory-justice |archive-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

German courts handed down convictions for genocide during the Bosnian War. [[Novislav Djajic]] was indicted for his participation in the genocide, but the Higher Regional Court failed to find that there was sufficient certainty for a criminal conviction for genocide. Nevertheless, Djajic was found guilty of 14 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trial-ch.org/en/ressources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profils/profile/135/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html |title=Novislav Djajic |work=Trial Watch |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=15 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214040321/http://www.trial-ch.org/en/ressources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profils/profile/135/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html |archive-date=14 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> At Djajic's appeal on 23 May 1997, the [[Bavaria]]n Appeals Chamber found that acts of genocide were committed in June 1992, confined within the administrative district of [[Foča|Foca]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120525111049/http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICTY/2001/8.html Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstic – Trial Chamber I – Judgment – IT-98-33 (2001) ICTY8 (2 August 2001)], The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]], paragraph 589. citing Bavarian Appeals Court, ''Novislav Djajic'' case, 23 May 1997, 3 St 20/96, section VI, p. 24 of the English translation.</ref> The Higher Regional Court ({{lang|de|[[Oberlandesgericht]]}}) of Düsseldorf, in September 1997, handed down a genocide conviction against [[Nikola Jorgic]], a [[Bosnian Serb]] from the [[Doboj]] region who was the leader of a paramilitary group located in the Doboj region. He was sentenced to four terms of [[life imprisonment]] for his involvement in genocidal actions that took place in regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, other than Srebrenica.<ref name=Jorgic>Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, "Public Prosecutor v Jorgic", 26 September 1997 (Trial Watch) ''[http://www.trial-ch.org/en/ressources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profils/profile/283/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html Nikola Jorgic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224162507/http://www.trial-ch.org/en/ressources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profils/profile/283/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html |date=24 February 2014 }}''</ref> On 29 November 1999, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Düsseldorf "condemned Maksim Sokolovic to 9 years in prison for aiding and abetting the crime of genocide and for grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions."<ref>Trial watch ''[http://www.trial-ch.org/en/ressources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profils/profile/139/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html Maksim Sokolovic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706082940/http://www.trial-ch.org/en/ressources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profils/profile/139/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html |date=6 July 2015}}''</ref>

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{{see also|Darfur genocide|Second Sudanese Civil War|War in Darfur}}

[[File:Omar al-Bashir, 12th AU Summit, 090131-N-0506A-342.jpg|thumb|Sudanese President [[Omar al-Bashir]], wanted by the ICC]]

The [[Racism in Sudan|racial]] conflict in [[Darfur]], [[Sudan]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/africa/darfur/militia.html |title= Crisis in Sudan | Janjaweed Militia | PBS |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |publisher=[[PBS]] |date=28 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128121659/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/africa/darfur/militia.html |archive-date=28 January 2007}}</ref> which started in 2003,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Makau |last=Mutua |date=14 July 2004 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0714/p09s02-coop.html |title=Racism at root of Sudan's Darfur crisis |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216123225/https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0714/p09s02-coop.html |archive-date=16 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/33606981/Darfurs-Sorrow-A-History-of-Destruction-and-Genocide |title=Darfur's Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide. -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia |date=8 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208024419/https://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/33606981/Darfurs-Sorrow-A-History-of-Destruction-and-Genocide |archive-date=8 December 2009}}</ref> was declared a genocide by [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Colin Powell]] on 9 September 2004 in testimony before the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/sudan_09-09-04.html |title=Powell Declares Killing in Darfur 'Genocide' |work=[[The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer]] |publisher=[[PBS]] |date=9 September 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911045335/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/sudan_09-09-04.html |archive-date=11 September 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Rebecca |last=Leung |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witnessing-genocide-in-sudan-08-10-2004/ |work=[[CBS News]] |title=Witnessing Genocide in Sudan |date=8 October 2004 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616094055/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witnessing-genocide-in-sudan-08-10-2004/ |archive-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> Since that time however, no other permanent member of the UN Security Council has followed suit. In January 2005, an [[International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur]], authorized by [[UN Security Council Resolution 1564]] of 2004, issued a report stating that "the Government of the Sudan has not pursued a policy of genocide."<ref name="un-org-January-25-2005">{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/News/dh/sudan/com_inq_darfur.pdf |title=Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General |publisher=[[United Nations]] |page=4 |date=25 January 2005 |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712030935/https://www.un.org/News/dh/sudan/com_inq_darfur.pdf |archive-date=12 July ~~2024~~2017}}</ref> Nevertheless, the Commission cautioned that "The conclusion that no genocidal policy has been pursued and implemented in Darfur by the Government authorities, directly or through the militias under their control, should not be taken in any way as detracting from the gravity of the crimes perpetrated in that region. International offences such as the crimes against humanity and war crimes that have been committed in Darfur may be no less serious and heinous than genocide."<ref name="un-org-January-25-2005"/>

In March 2005, the Security Council formally referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC, taking into account the Commission report but without mentioning any specific crimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/cases/N0529273.darfureferral.eng.pdf |title=Security Council Resolution 1593 (2005) |publisher=[[United Nations Security Council]] |date=31 March 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529082238/http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/cases/N0529273.darfureferral.eng.pdf |archive-date=29 May 2005 |df=dmy}}</ref> Two permanent members of the Security Council, the United States and China, abstained from the vote on the referral resolution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2005/sc8351.doc.htm |title=Security Council Refers Situation in Darfur, Sudan, to Prosecutor of International Criminal Court |website=UN Press Release SC/8351 |date=31 March 2005 |publisher=[[United Nations]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313023658/https://press.un.org/en/2005/sc8351.doc.htm |archive-date=13 March 2024}}</ref> As of his fourth report to the Security Council, the Prosecutor found "reasonable grounds to believe that the individuals identified [in the [[UN Security Council Resolution 1593]]] have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes", but did not find sufficient evidence to prosecute for genocide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/organs/otp/OTP_ReportUNSC4-Darfur_English.pdf |title=Fourth Report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to the Security Council pursuant to UNSC 1593 (2005) |publisher=[[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) |date=14 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614011746/http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/organs/otp/OTP_ReportUNSC4-Darfur_English.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2007 |df=dmy}}</ref>

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==== Israel ====

On December 29, 2023, [[South Africa]] filed an [[South_Africa_v._Israel_(Genocide_Convention)|application instituting proceedings]] with the International Court of Justice against [[Israel]], alleging that it had violated its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the "Genocide Convention") during its [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|2023 offensive in the Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Application instituting proceedings and request for the indication of provisional measures. Document Number 192-20231228-APP-01-00-EN |url=https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203394 |website=[[International Court of Justice]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811151441/https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203394 |archive-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> South Africa's standing is based on the ''erga omnes partes'' nature of the Genocide Convention, which allows and obligates States Parties to the convention to take measures to prevent and punish the crime of genocide. South Africa requested indication of provisional measures by the court, including that Israel end its military operations, to "protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention", triggering an urgent preliminary hearing. Public hearings on the provisional measures question were held on January 11 (oral arguments by South Africa) and January 12 (oral arguments by Israel), respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) |url=https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192 |website=[[International Court of Justice]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821170703/https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192 |archive-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

== See also ==

{{Main|Index of racism-related articles|Outline of genocide studies}}

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* [[Accusation in a mirror]]▼

* [[Anti-communist mass killings]]

* {{Section link|Anti-Mongolianism|State-sponsored genocides by the Russian Empire/Soviet Russia, Imperial China/Communist China}}

▲* [[Accusation in a mirror]]

* [[The Black Book of Communism]]

* [[Black genocide in the United States]] – the notion that [[African Americans]] have been subjected to genocide [[African-American history|throughout their history]] because of [[racism against African Americans]], an aspect of [[racism in the United States]]

* [[Crimes against humanity]]

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* [[War crime]]

* [[Xenophobia]]

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