The document discusses examples of genocide throughout history. It defines genocide and provides details on instances of genocide that occurred in the Balkans, Rwanda, Darfur, and parts of Latin America. Specifically, it notes that in the Balkans in 1991, Bosnian Serbs began murdering Muslim civilians and engaged in ethnic cleansing. In Rwanda in 1994, the Hutu-led government sponsored the extermination of the Tutsi minority, resulting in over 850,000 Tutsi deaths. In Darfur in the 1990s and 2000s, the Sudanese government backed Janjaweed militia carried out attacks against black Africans, amounting to ethnic cleansing of non-Arabs in the region.

1. GENOCIDE

2. Objective
I can define genocide and
identify examples of genocide in
the Balkans, Rwanda, and Darfur.
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3. Essential Question
What are examples of instances in
which basic human rights have not
been universally protected? Cite
specific examples to support your
thinking.

4. CREATE THIS TABLE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK
GENOCIDE AND HUMANITY
Human Rights (1)
Balkans
Rwanda and Burundi
Darfur
Latin America

5. HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights that all people
posses like the right
to meet needs
without persecution.

6. BALKANS
1991: Bosnian Serbs
began murdering
Muslim civilians.

7. BALKANS
Ethnic cleansing-
forcing a group out
of a society by
kicking out or
killing.

8. RWANDA AND
BURUNDI
Both countries have
a Hutu majority and
Tutsi minority.

9. RWANDA AND
BURUNDI
1994: Rwandan
Hutu President
killed. Government
sponsored
extermination of
Tutsi.

10. RWANDI AND
BURUNDI
850,000 people,
half the Tutsi
population, were
killed.

11. DARFUR
1990s Sudan:
Janjaweed
government backed
militia group began
attacking black
Africans.

12. DARFUR
2003-Present:
Rebel groups fight
the government of
Sudan.

13. DARFUR
Government
responds by ethnic
cleansing of
Darfur’s non-Arabs.

14. LATIN AMERICA
Argentina: 20,000
vanished during
1984 military rule.
Las Madres de la
Plaza de Mayo
continue to plea
for their return.