Genocide Prevention Day

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AKA Name	"International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime"
ℹ HashtagsCompiled on05:57	#StopHazaraGenocide
Related Hashtags	#Genocide
2022 Date	9 December 2022
2023 Date	9 December 2023

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Genocide Prevention Day in 2022

Friday, 9 Dec

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Genocide Prevention Day History

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime seeks to raise awareness about the Genocide Convention. The Genocide Convention is a list of articles that dictate prevention methods and punishments should a nation be on the verge of genocide. It was adopted by the UN in 1948.

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime aims to acknowledge and honor the victims of Genocide. It is observed annually on December 9th.

Top Tweets for Genocide Prevention Day -

Updated 05:57

One of the first victims of the Greater Serbia #genocide in #Bosnia was an #Albanian civilian killed by Arkan’s troops in Bijeljina, April 1992. Before throwing him out of a window, they humiliated their victim by pouring alcohol over him as an act of disrespect towards #Islam. https://t.co/ikj4UWsRYJ
— Bosanski Prijatelj (@RBiH92) December 3, 2022

Today we mark UN International Day of Commemoration & Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide... It reminds us 'Preventing genocide involves understanding its root causes & challenging discriminatory practices wherever & whenever they occur.' Read Prof Foster remarks ⬇️ https://t.co/utT3zvxzyf
— Holocaust Education (@UCL_Holocaust) December 9, 2022

I never imagined I would encounter a general election candidate for the Trade Union & Socialist Coalition (TUSC) who promotes Holocaust denier David Irving, claims that Jews declared war on Germany in 1933 and that Germans were the victims of a genocide. Introducing Joe Whyte ... https://t.co/2GdBpNzwje
— Steve Cooke (@Steve_Cooke) December 3, 2022

Genocide Prevention Day Facts

According to the U.N High Commissioner for Refugees agency, over 68 million people around the world are displaced due to conflict and persecution.
The word genocide was created in 1944 by lawyer Raphael Lemkin. It comes from the Greek word genos, meaning family, tribe, or race, and the Latin suffix –cide, meaning killing.
The Genocide Convention defines genocide as any of the following acts:
a) Killing members of a group
b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of a group
c) Deliberately inflicting on a group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within a group
e) Forcibly transferring children of a group to another group

In the News and Trending for Genocide Prevention Day

Updated 05:57 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime and 74th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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Rachel Auerbach, cultural genocide and a new conception of victims’ testimonies

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Genocide threat still real, UN chief says, commemorating victims worldwide

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Atrocity Alert No. 328: DR Congo, International Justice and Genocide Victims Day - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

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Genocide Prevention Day Top Events and Things to Do

Learn the history of genocidal events to help prevent future incidents. There have been efforts to deny or rewrite history regarding genocidal events, most notably by the Turkish government. They have continued to deny their part in the Armenian genocide. Attempts to deny responsibility or alter reality allow oppressive regimes to continue unabated and it opens the door for future incidents to occur.
Read books or novels that detail genocidal events to better your empathy and understanding. Here are our suggestions:
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility by Taner Akcam
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Romeo Dallaire
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
Donate to reputable charities or organizations that help prevent genocide. One example is the International Crisis Group