Rwanda Human Rights

The lowest estimated total death by genocide in the year 1994 is 500,000. Genocide is defined as the deliberate killing of a large group of people. Genocide can happen for various reasons such as disagreement in religious beliefs or hostility towards a specific ethnic group. During a genocide human rights are taken away and ignored such as the right to life, the right to liberty, and the right to security of person. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been violated through the Bosnian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Japanese Internment Camps. During the Bosnian Genocide of 1995 human rights were stripped from the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina such as the right to life, liberty and security of person.
During this genocide the wellbeing of the people and the rights to liberty, life, and security of person was ignored. In the article “Genocide in Rwanda” it is stated that “‘race-branding’ whereby it is possible to set a group apart as an enemy” was a large part of this genocide. Their personal liberties are violated because they are viewed as the enemy. Race branding is also a violation of liberty because it takes away freedoms every person is entitled to. In the article “Rwandan Genocide” it describes how the right to life is taken away by stating that “government forces massacred at least 500,000 people in one of the worst human rights violations of the 1990’s.” A massacre of this tremendous size is a huge violation of life. Taking away innocent lives in order to make a point about religion is a major violation of the human right to life. “[The leaders of Rwanda] were able to create an atmosphere of fear and hatred” (“Rwandan Genocide”). Creating an unsafe atmosphere is a violation of security of person. People have the right to feel safe and secure in their home and neighborhoods. But rather than feeling safe they are in distress and are fearful for their lives. This genocide in Rwanda majorly affected 1,000’s of people’s lives. People had their rights taken from them in many different ways. During the Japanese Internment people’s rights were also taken and
Genocide can happen anywhere and for various reasons. Genocide has happened in Rwanda, Bosnia, and even in America. These three events, though all terrible, all occurred for different reasons and helped change the world. The Bosnian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Japanese Internment Camps were all violations of Article 3 of the Universal Document of Human Rights. These events have shaped the world to this day. People are still learning from their mistakes and trying to correct and rebuild things that happened in the past. These events are important to know about because they can teach the public the harsh consequences of a terrible event such as