Genocide Watch

Genocide Watch

Genocide Watch is an international organization based in the United States which attempts to predict, prevent, limit, eliminate, and punish genocides throughout the world through reporting, public awareness campaigns, and judicial or quasi-judicial follow-up. This can include trials in national justice systems, special national and international tribunals, the International Criminal Court, and truth and reconciliation commissions.

Genocide Watch was founded by Gregory Stanton. The Watch organization is the founder and chair of the International Campaign to End Genocide, initiated in The Hague in May 1999. On their webpage in 2006, Genocide Watch explains the ICEG this way:

1.5 million Armenians. 3 million Ukrainians. 6 million Jews. 250,000 Gypsies. 6 million Slavs. 25 million Russians. 25 million Chinese. 1 million Ibos. 1.5 million Bengalis. 200,000 Guatemalans. 1.7 million Cambodians, 500,000 Indonesians. 200,000 East Timorese. 250,000 Burundians. 500,000 Ugandans. 2 million Sudanese. 800,000 Rwandans. 2 million North Koreans. 10,000 Kosovars. Genocides and other mass murders killed more people in the twentieth century than all the wars combined.
“Never again” has turned into “Again and again.” [http://www.genocidewatch.org/internationalcampaign.htm ICEG page at Genocide Watch] Accessed online December 12, 2006.]

In addition to being a resource for the United Nations and national governments, Genocide Watch produces reports accessible to activists and journalists. In 2006, Genocide Watch was quoted in the worldwide press regarding Darfur in Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, and Iraq. Genocide Watch maintains an office in Washington, D.C.

They have also spoken out against the South African government and their allegedly poor stance on South African farm attacks.

References

ee also

* Genocide
* Gregory Stanton

External links

* [http://www.genocidewatch.org/ Genocide Watch] homepage; accessed online December 12, 2006.


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