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Rise of Aldolf Hitler
As Adolf Hitler is announced chancellor and the Nazi Part take control of Germany, their first action is to withdraw from the league of nations -
"Genocide" Coined
Nazi leadership embarkes on a quest of ethnic cleansing using mass murder as its tool. Targets included european jews, gypsies, polish and soviet union decent. Raphael Lemkin worked with the U.S. War Department to create the phrase "genocide" -
International Military Tribunal
After World War II, the International Military Tribunal tried 22 nazi german leaders for war crimes & crimes against humanity and conspiracy. -
US signs the Genocide Convention
President Ronald Reagan signed the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. The convention of congress had lasted from 1968-1987 with strong supporters and opponents. -
Genocide in Rwanda
Over 500,000 civilians, a majority from the Tutsi minority group were slaughtered on a devestating scope, scale and speed. The UN security council involved a linked tribunal for Rwanda. -
Genocide in Darfur
Secretary of State Colin Powell confronted the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September of 2004 protesting that "We concluded--I concluded--that genocide has been committed in Darfur and that the Government of Sudan and the Janjaweed bear responsibility--and that genocide may still be occurring."
