Genocide

Genocide is an extremely broad subject with various different definitions. Genocide could be one or more leaders trying to get rid of a large group of people by killings or attacks, or it can be against a smaller group of people in a less violent manner. Genocide has been a very extreme problem in society and various reports of genocidal events have been recorded in history, but how does one go about finding the precise and accurate definition of a "genocide"? Genocidal acts are placed into different categories and are defined in different degrees. The Commission on Human Rights has set up seven treaties that describe acts of genocide. Regardless of committees' attempts to limit or abolish acts of genocide, genocide was a very important issue especially in the twentieth century. After witnessing and learning of the devastations and atrocities, our world and nation in particular need to protect the rights each person rightfully deserves in a stricter manner to prevent acts of this nature.

In the twentieth century, we saw a more obvious rise in genocidal acts. We can blame this on the advances made with weapons. Pencil factories, for instance, were starting to produce bullets and other ammo to enhance warfare. The twentieth century was a century of vast change. The advances in aids to warfare certainly brought our nation much more power. Unfortunately, this power, if fallen into the wrong hands, could do a lot of unnecessary damage to innocent people. A leader with the intent to follow through and perform a genocidal act would try to gain accomplices who have connections to the weapons and would try to obtain these items necessary for their act. Once they have the items deemed necessary, it is more likely for these acts to become more violent and more destructive, depending on the amount of items palpable. This being said, weapons being more prevalent in the twentieth century have lead to an increase of genocidal acts in society.

Genocide is an important human rights issue. When a person or persons take it into their hands to violate someone's given rights, it should be considered an act punishable. For people to understand the severity of their actions, their actions must have serious consequences. These consequences must be so extreme to the relevance to the act punishable that those who are planning on partaking in a similar act are made well aware of the possible punishments. If people are better educated on the subject of genocide, the reports of genocidal cases might decrease, making genocide a less extreme problem not only in the United States, but the entire world.

The world organization that concerns itself with issues parallel to genocide is the Commission on Human Rights. It is the commission's duty to meet once a genocidal act occurred and was reported. Then the commission must develop different ways to mend the problem at task in a fair and just way. By doing so, the commission helps to fix this human right's issue with the seven treaties.

The Commission On Human Rights