Answer:
1. How have the actions of the Soviet Union and the United States impacted the Genocide Convention and International Criminal Court?
The actions of the Soviet Union and USA impacted the Genocide convention and ICC because the Soviet Union didn’t have a clear measure on what “genocide was” and the US vetoed the act.
2. How did Stalin engineer mass starvation in the Ukraine?
Stalin engineered mass starvation by ordering high quotas of grain which didn’t allow the citizens to keep and grow grain for themselves.
3. How are the genocides in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo related?
The genocides were related because it had involved the tribes and different groups and what was supposed to be a civil war ended up being one side being more powerful than the other and mass exterminating the tribes.
4. Why was the definition of genocide narrowed in 1948?
The definition was narrowed due to the members of the Genocide convention and the UN and how they defined it as acts committed to harming a race, ethnicity, race, + religious groups.
5. What is the motivation for Omar Bashir and the genocide in Darfur?
The motivation of Bashir and the genocide was to kill political opponents and to make sure they wiped out anyone who didn’t support the rebellion.
1. What might have been the motivation for the Armenian genocide?
The motivation of the Armenian genocide was most likely a wanting of ethnic cleansing led by the Turkish people.
2. How did the Khmer Rouge coming to power lead to genocide?
The Khmer Rouge coming to power lead to genocide because after they had destroyed the previous government, they weren't stable. This caused the Khmer Rouge wanting to create a “perfect” society and killing off people who didn't fit their vision.
3. Describe a parallel between the actions of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and Hitler’s actions in Poland.
A similarity both the Khmer Rouge and Hitler wanted was to create this perfect order of people where they had killed anyone who didn’t fit their vision of the perfect citizen.
4. Could changes to the structure or abilities of the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court improve their ability to fight war crimes?
Changes to the courts can improve their ability to fight war crimes by making it more broad and how even though certain things may not look like the typical “genocide”, intentions were still there to murder minority groups and how it shouldn’t be watered down or downplayed as something that isn’t a genocide.
5. Consider the role of race and religion in the genocides discussed.
The role of race and religion in genocides are important because people shouldn’t be scared of something they couldn’t control and how they should feel.
(some of the answers aren't entirely detailed, i hope they are good enough!)
