In 1951, the world decided to legally protect itself from genocide. So they codified it into a document.
This document is called The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), or Genocide Convention.
India is one of the 152 signatories
1/n
This document is called The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), or Genocide Convention.
India is one of the 152 signatories
1/n
This convention is a response to the atrocities of the holocaust.
Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide in 1944 to describe Nazi policies in occupied Europe, and the Armenian Genocide campaigned for its recognition as a crime under international law.
2/n
Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide in 1944 to describe Nazi policies in occupied Europe, and the Armenian Genocide campaigned for its recognition as a crime under international law.
2/n
The important thing is to focus on what makes genocide stoppable.
The convention is not a fact after an event. It asks us to recognise the "intentional effort to completely or partially destroy a group based on its nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion"
3/n
The convention is not a fact after an event. It asks us to recognise the "intentional effort to completely or partially destroy a group based on its nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion"
3/n
That means that the world can be called upon to stop it if our political parties and leaders can't. The world is morally and legally obligated to stop genocide in any country in the World, including ours.
4/n
4/n
India has a shit history on this topic unfortunately:
An attempt at terming the 1984 anti-Sikh violence as “genocide” in the Ontario assembly was promptly criticised by the Indian government with external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay terming the motion “misguided”
An attempt at terming the 1984 anti-Sikh violence as “genocide” in the Ontario assembly was promptly criticised by the Indian government with external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay terming the motion “misguided”
Defence minister Arun Jaitley, too, opposed the use of the term ‘genocide’ during his interaction with Canadian counterpart, Harjit Singh Sajjan.
++
google.com/amp/s/m.thewir…
++
google.com/amp/s/m.thewir…
But take a look at article 2(b) and article. It doesn't define a number or a percentage of the population being targeted.
Also it doesn't wait an event to destroy a substantial part of the population
Also it doesn't wait an event to destroy a substantial part of the population
Hate speech and dangerous speech by national media and acts of economic boycott by majority groups is enough to qualify what's happening as the G word.
The whole point of paying attention to a genocide is to stop it. Not just document it after the fact.
The whole point of paying attention to a genocide is to stop it. Not just document it after the fact.
What is happening with the daily lynchings and persecutions of muslims and Christians today is not just destroying the lives of particular individuals and families.
++
++
It is destroying their fundamental sense of safety and their ability to imagine and live out a secure, free and signified life in a future free from violence and the trauma of s
daily stigmatisation.
daily stigmatisation.
Also article 3(b) and (c) are worth reading to understand crimes punishable under international law.
Conspiracy to commit genocide is punishable.
Direct and public incitement to commit genocide is punishable.
Conspiracy to commit genocide is punishable.
Direct and public incitement to commit genocide is punishable.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
