This post intends to provide you with numerous resources on the topic of genocide in one location, so that you can easily access them. The links will be accompanied by brief comments and somehow sorted in general categories. Updates of this page will be performed periodically. To access the page easily at all times, simply use the Resources on Genocide link from the section at the very bottom of the site.

Last update: Thursday, March 19, 2009.

Updated section: DARFUR, SUDAN [link 5]

GENOCIDE IN GENERAL

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide – wikipedia’s main article on genocide. Useful to get an idea of the meaning behind the term. Provides useful highlights.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on… -wikipedia’s article explaining the UN’s Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
3. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/p_genoci.htm – the UN convention on genocide itself. Also contains a link to the list with the countries’ ratification status and remarks.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_definitions – various definitions of genocide by different scholars from 1944 onward.

DARFUR, SUDAN

1. http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/darfur/video.html – an hour long video documentary by CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) tracking the Darfur genocide from 2003 till 2007/8. Highly Recommended.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur – wikipedia’s main article about the genocide in Darfur. If you don’t have the one hour time to watch the movie – this is a must-read.
3. http://www.darfurinformation.com/ – a bit outdated, but yet very informative site on the Darfur genocide.
4. http://www.darfurinformation.com/pdf/Darfur-Book-New-Edition.pdf - a freely available book covering the Darfur genocide in detail.
5. https://www.tearfund.org/Giving/Give+Now/Darfur.htm – get involved practically by donating online for help in Darfur through the Christian organization Tearfund (http://www.tearfund.org)

RWANDA

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide – wikipedia’s extended article on the Rwandan genocide from 1994. Provides a massive amount of links and documents which are worth reading.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Habyarimana_and_Ntaryamira – the assassination of Rwanda’s president Juvénal Habyarimana on April 6, 1994 which set off the genocide.

OTHERS

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Problem_from_Hell – a wikipedia summary on Samantha Power’s Pulitzer winning book.
2. http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/14673 – Historian Howard Zinn’s comment on Power’s book.
3. http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/14622 – Edward S. Herman’s revealing critique on Zinn’s comment and Power’s book itself. Points out important details about USA’s politics and actions related to genocide.

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