ABSTRACT

‘The 20th century thought us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world face to
confront it. It is the time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these
murderers”.

- Allyson Schwartz.

Genocide is a term used to describe violence against members of a national, ethnical, racial
or religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group or race. The author with this
essay intends to explain terrorism and genocide quoting various examples occurred within
Indian as well as International perspective. The essay revolves around with a motive to make
things transparent to all readers that what are those things which take us to wrong directions
and the psychology behind those massacres. This essay even lays emphasis upon that we all
are humans and we should behave like one. It’s an ill will and this kind of activity is against
each and every religion and no religion permits us to kill each other like an animal. Those
mass killing or terrorist act is not justified to any body whether it can be done for any reason.
And even puts up a question in the mind of the readers as to whether the thousands of
innocent people killed in such brutal activities for no reason, do deserve such an atrocious
end to life?

INTRODUCTION:

“There aren’t just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It’s our
evolutionary history…”

– James Lovelock

Though the term "genocide" was not coined until 1944, acts of genocide have been
committed throughout history. In ancient times, it was common practice for victors in war to
slaughter the men of a population they conquered. However,Genocide was originally coined
by a U.S. jurist and a private individual whose efforts played a large role in promoting the
United Nations work on genocide, Raphael Lemkin in his work “Axis Rule in Occupied
Europe”, in reference to Nazi Extermination of Jews. In Greek ‘genos’ means ‘race or a kind’
and ‘cide’ means ‘killing’. Therefore, Genocide literally means “killing of a tribe”. Genocide
is a term used to describe violence against members of a national, ethnical, racial or religious
group with the intent to destroy the entire group or race.
The genocide committed during the Second World War shocked the whole mankind so much
so that the General Assembly in its first meeting affirmed the principles enunciated in the
Neuremberg Judgment. Besides this, in its resolution 96(l), dated 11th December, 1946 the
General Assembly declared that “genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the
spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world.” The main cause
of such keen interest taken by the General Assembly in its first session was the Nazi atrocities
committed by German during Second World War. The General Assembly did not rest
contended and went ahead to adopt unanimously on 9th December 1948 Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (hereafter referred as ‘Genocide
Convention’). The Genocide Convention entered into force on 12th January 1951. This
Convention has been ratified by India who signed it on 29th November 1949 and ratified it on
27th August 1959. The convention on Prevention and Punishment on crime of Genocide has
been ratified by 140 countries by 15th December 2009. Article II of Genocide Convention
defines ‘genocide’ in the following words: “In the present convention, genocide means any of
the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical,
racial or religious group, as such:

 Killing members of the group

 Causing serious bodily harm to members of the group
 Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its
physical destruction in whole or in part
 Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
 Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.”

Now after a brief introduction about Genocide, we would like to move on to Terrorism. As
we are all aware that terrorism cannot be confined to a particular country or a state, therefore,
we will deal with the topic in an international perspective. The problem of the legal control of
International Terrorism is not new; but it has assumed added significance because of the
phenomenon increase in the acts of the international terrorism in recent times. The roots of
international terrorism have expanded to various levels. In the early times terrorism was
generally related to assassination of Kings and Queens. Later on it manifested itself in
various forms including aircraft hijacking, kidnapping, taking hostages, terrorism in war of
National Liberalization, Nuclear terrorism etc. The question of terrorism was first placed in
the twenty seventh session of the General Assembly. On 18th December 1972 the General
Assembly adopted the resolution 3034 (XXVII) establishing an ad hoc Committee on
International Terrorism. The committee comprising of 35 members including India met from
July 6th to August 11th 1973 and adopted its report to the assembly. However, in the thirty
first session, the Assembly adopted a resolution entitled, “Measures to prevent International
Terrorism which Endangers or Take Human Lives or Jeopardize Fundamental Freedoms,
and study of the Underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of Violence which lie
in misery, Frustration Grievances and Despair and which cause some people to sacrifice
Human Lives including their own, in an attempt to effect Radical changes.

GENOCIDES:

STAGES OF GENOCIDE: There are eight stages of Genocide. These stages are explained
hereunder:

1. Classification: The main reason behind Genocide is the feeling of superiority of one
ethnic group to the extent that the others are not fit to coexist. The classifications or
the bifurcations among different ethnic groups have always been the reason behind
genocide. However mere classification is a human tendency, the want to live among
 the like ones. This classification when grows beyond the humanity, give birth to
crimes like genocide and terrorism.
2. Symbolization: Along with the bitter truth of classification of humans, there are
different symbols attached to a particular ethnic group, like Jews and Muslims. This
categorization is basically done on the basis of colour, dresses they wear, food they
consume etc.
3. Dehumanization: In this stage the hate towards other ethnic group increases to the
extent that they deny humanity to the other. They consider other ethnic group as
insects, vermin, animals, beasts etc.
4. Organizations: Genocide is always a work of an organization. It is well planned and
such plan is strictly executed. However, the organization may be informal or
decentralized.
5. Polarization: The genocide groups tend to polarize the ethnic groups by creating
differences. The differences, generally based on culture and religion, are published
and announced in the public. Sometimes they strike the grass root level, by not letting
people marry a person of another group, and severely punishing those who do so,
thus, creating sides.
6. Preparation: Victims are identified and separated out of the group. This separation is
mostly done on the basis of the cultural and physical differences. These people are
sometimes forced to wear some identity symbols so that they can be separated easily.
7. Extermination: The victims are not considered as humans and so it is extermination
for the killers. When the genocide is originated from the side of the government, the
army is also on the side of the militant group, or sometimes the army is the one
conducting the mass killing legally called genocide.
8. Denial: It is the last stage of genocide and is the most horrifying reality. The killers
murder a great deal of victims, burn their bodies remove the evidences and deny the
shameless act done by them. This stage is the indication of further genocide which the
killers will commit because there is no sense of remorse and no guilt among them.

EXAMPLES:

INDIAN PERSPECTIVE:

Before going forward to the global perspectives of genocide, let us talk about our own
country first. The freedom struggle was surely a brave and selfless sacrifice on the part of our
freedom fighters, but what we see today is just a creamy layer. The reality is very horrifying.
Starting with the JallianwalaBagh massacre, on the orders of Brigadier- General Reginald
Dyer, the army fired on the crowd for ten continuous minutes, directing the bullets towards
the few open gates and narrow passages through which the people inside were trying to
escape. About a thousand people lost their lives that day. The brutality of April 13 th, 1919
will always remain as a thorn in our hearts. Not only the Jallianwala tragedy, but also the
mass killing of Hindu- Muslim civilians at the time of Partition is an example where two
ethnic groups dehumanized themselves. On the violence that accompanied the partition,
historians, Ian Talbot and Gurharpal Singh wrote:
“There are numerous eyewitness accounts of the maiming and mutilation of victims. The
catalogue of horrors includes the disemboweling of pregnant women, the slamming of
babies’ heads against brick walls, the cutting off of the victims’ limbs and genitalia and the
display of heads and corpses. While previous communal riots have been deadly, the scale and
level of brutality has been unprecedented. Although some scholars question the use of the
term genocide with respect to partition massacre, much of the violence manifested as having
genocidal tendencies. It was designed to cleanse an existing generation as well as prevent the
future reproduction.”

Since the partition, India is facing the genocides in the form of terrorism, the main reason
being the differences among Hindus and Muslims.

GODHRA MASSACRE:

Godhra Carnage and Aftermath: Whether it constitutes a matter within the domestic
jurisdiction of India?

On 27th February, 2002,the Sabarmati Express was burnt to ground by the Muslim activist in
pursuance of the rage that grew due to the Babri Masjid case. 57 KarSevaks lost their lives.
The victims were mainly Hindus who were returning from pilgrimage. This incident followed
many other riots which worsened the situation. Many people lost their lives in this incident
and many others lost their lives in pursuance of this incident. However, a pertinent question
arises as to whether Godhra Carnage and Aftermath are matters within domestic jurisdiction
of India. This question arose because some foreign countries including Germany, Holland,
UK, European Union and Switzerland have voiced their concern for continuing violence in
Gujarat especially against Muslim Community. The British High Commission in New Delhi
reported to the British Foreign Office in London on 14th April, 2002 that the continuing
violence in Gujarat aimed at removing Muslim Community from the parts of the state. The
report was prepared by the British Diplomats who toured the affected area. About 2000
Muslims were killed in Gujarat due to the rage which originated among the two cultures, as
per the report. References may also be made to the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights which was established by the Economic and Social Council in February, 1946. Any
individual or group of individuals of a member of the U.N. can send petition or complain to
the U.N. Commission on Human Rights through the Secretary General of U.N. alleging the
violation of human rights. The commission sends the copy of the petition or the complaint to
the country for its comments. After the comments the commission considers the matter and
makes its recommendations. Besides this, India is a member of two covenants on Human
Rights, namely, International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1996) and
International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights (1966). In addition to the other
international Covenants, India has also been the member of other International Treaties on
Human Rights such as International Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination, Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against
Women, Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crime of Genocide, Convention on
rights of Child and Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment. After all these conventions it is too late to discuss whether or not
India had Domestic Jurisdiction in the matters of such kind. Thus keeping in view the above
discussion it can be concluded that India has domestic jurisdiction over the matter of Godhra
carnage and its aftermath.

Even after the terrible loss of lives of several Hindus and Muslims, people do not tend to
learn from their mistakes. There have been several other incidents where communal riots took
place resulting in the deaths of many innocent live, orphaning the children. The list is very
long sometimes reported and sometimes not. It would be wrong on my part to say that
genocide incidents of India have been among Hindus and Muslims only. The Assam Violence
which happens on a regular basis in the North Eastern region of India is yet another example
which is a dark spot on the face of our country.

THE ASSAM VIOLENCE: NOT A COMMUNAL RIOT BUT A MUSLIM

GENOCIDE:

Yet again we have another attain on humanity. The story dates back to 1970 when the then
Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi gave free accommodation to Bangladeshi Immigrants. Since
then there have been several internal conflicts among the indigenous Bodos and Muslim
settlers in the state of Assam. In July, 2012 violence in the Indian State of Assam broke out
with riots between indigenous Bodos and Bengali- speaking Muslims. The first incident was
reported on July 20th, 2012.as per the statistics, published on 8th August, 2012, 77 people lost
their lives and about 400000 people took shelter in the relief camps after being displaced
from 400 villages, while several others were reported missing.

This is extremely shameless thing happening to the world’s largest Democracy, where
communal riots have become so common that they no more stir the general public. Humanity
is almost extinct in the blind and dire need of power.

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE:

Not only India but the whole world is facing the problem of Dehumanization among people.
Today the only thing which is to the concern of everyone is the need of power and money.
Humanity has been forgotten and is somewhere lost in the crowd of greed. There have been
several incidents where innocent people lost their lives just because they belong to a
particular religion or region. Twentieth century left with many incidents of genocide which
gave a terrible memory to the history of mankind, such as, the mass killing of the Jewish
community. However, in the beginning of twenty first century, there took place another
genocide often called the first genocide of 21st century, the Darfur Genocide.

THE DARFUR GENOCIDE:

The Darfur Genocide includes man slaughter and rape of the Darfuri women and children in
the western Sudan. The genocide started in 2003 when the government- armed and funded
Arab militias known as the Janjaweed (which when loosely translated means ‘devils on
horseback’) systematically destroyed Darfurians by burning villages, looting economic
resources, polluting water sources, and murdering, raping and torturing civilians. The
population of Darfur is estimated at 60, 00,000 people out of which about 4, 80,000 have
been killed and over 2.8 million people are displaced. Though no reason can justify the act of
such nature but the main reason which has been behind the mass killing of Darfurians was the
presence of large quantities of oil.

PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND GENOCIDE:

The common denominator among all genocides is the emergence of perpetrators. The reasons
behind the happening of genocide may be many, but the result is just the same i.e. killing of
large number of innocent people. The first and the foremost question which arises in my mind
is that what are the conditions which lead a person to become a perpetrator. What is the
psychology behind a perpetrator? How could a leader of perpetrator wield so much rage that
the masses get ready to execute the commands so obscene? There are many reasons behind
one being the perpetrator. These reasons may be as follows:

 Hierarchical Society: As in the case of Military forces being deployed for genocide,
such as in Jews’ Genocide during the Second World War, or as in the Darfur
Genocide, the psychology is the nurturing and environment which mainly comprises
of the Hierarchical society. The need to fulfill ones’ duty is of prime concern. In such
cases, the orders given by the perpetrator leader are never questioned because the
chain of command cannot be broken. They work in the same line of control and they
never even imagine questioning them and choosing sides is way out of the league.
The main problem is having too much obedience which tends to make people blindly
follow orders without analyzing whether it is right or wrong.

 Times of crisis: The times of crisis may prove to be a catalyst for the act of genocide.
Killing of the leader or eminent person of a community may add fuel to the fire
already existing but in a dormant manner, in the hearts of the people. The most
important example regarding this reason is the famous genocide of 20th century, The
Rwanda Genocide, where the crisis was the murder of the Rwandan President,
Habyarimana. However, sometimes killing of a community member or many
community members can also prove to be strong ground for genocide. Examples can
be traced in history where numerous riots and genocides took place due to killing of a
member or members of one community by those of another. Godhra carnage being
one of the examples still haunts the dreams of those who have survived the tragedy.

 A Culture of Violence:Sometimes two communities are so much different from each

other that they fail to understand and adjust with each other and remain fighting even
on petty issues. When such a condition arises perpetrators are not hard to find. There
are many people who are aggrieved of these issues that they tend to develop hatred
and even act in pursuance of wiping off an entire ethnic group. The present scenario
of Hindus and Muslims or Bodos and Bengali- speaking Muslims is the same. Such
culture and ethnic differences create a barrier among the people of those communities
and sometimes even result in crimes like genocide and terrorism.
  Ethnocentrism:The word ‘ethnocentrism’ means the feeling that ones’ own group is
the center of everything and other ethnic groups are evaluated on the basis of such
references which are done on the basis of comparison between other groups to ones’
group. It can also be said as the point of view in which one group is always regarded
as the superior one and all other groups are mere inferiors.

 Xenophobia:Ethnocentrism when grows becomes xenophobia. It means that

xenophobic people are those who actually develop a phobia that their group will be
deteriorated by other groups. Thus they tend to develop hatred for other ethnic groups
and want them to vanish from the face of the earth.

 Desire for Dominance:Sometimes greed for money, power, dominance etc. lead to
such decisions where people forget the difference between right and wrong and turn a
blindfold towards their deed. Political figure in the history have been doing this from
time immemorial. The need for fame and money has made them to put others’ lives
on stake.

TERRORISM:

INDIAN PERSPECTIVE:

India has faced the terrorist attack on many situations since we have achieved independence.
Our neighboring country Pakistan has time and again done attempts to spread terrorism in
India. The Mumbai Bomb Blasts and several other terrorist activities shook the very
foundation of humanity when several innocent lives were lost. However, these incidents took
place in the 20th century. A new century began and people started thinking about the new
perspectives in every field but the problem which continued to haunt the daily lives of
common masses was terrorism. In early times the terrorism included assassination of political
dignitaries. As the time passed, new aspects of terrorism came forward. Now let us discuss
about some of the major terrorist attacks in India.

PAKISTANI TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT, 13TH

DECEMBER, 2001:

India has always been a victim when it comes to terrorism. Pakistan and Afghanistan
continue to promote their terrorist activities in the name of ‘Jihad’. Hence, there was yet
another episode of horror on 13th December, 2003 when a suicide squad of five Pakistani
terrorists made an armed attack on Indian Parliament. Thanks to the alertness of security staff
of the Parliament, no big incident took place. The security staff killed all the five members of
the suicide squad. The target of the suicide staff was to kill or to make hostages the Prime
Minister, the Leader of Opposition and other Political Leaders. India took this matter
seriously and considered it as an attack on nation and decided to give a befitting reply and if
necessary, to have a full- fledged war. The terrorist group behind this attack was Lashkar- e-
Toiba and Jais- al- Mohammad backed up by the Pakistani army’s I.S.I branch.
The attack of five Pakistani terrorist on Indian parliament was clearly an armed attack on
WTC on 11th September 2001. This is clearly the violation of article 2, clause 4 of UN
Charter. Since the persons who attacked India parliament belonged toLashkar- e-Toiba and
Jais- al- Mohammadwere backed up by Pakistani army, therefore it is crystal clear that
Pakistan is guilty of intervention against the sovereignty and political independence of India.

HYDERABAD BLASTS (25TH AUGUST. 2007), BLASTS OUTSIDE AJMER’S

CHISHTI DARGAH (AUGUST 2007), LUDHIANA BLAST (OCTOBER, 2007) AND
FINALLY TERRORIST ATTACK AT MUMBAI’S OLD TAJ HOTEL, OBEROI
HOTEL AND A PRIVATE REISDENTIAL BUILDING AT NAREEMAN POINT,
26TH NOVEMBER, 2008:

After terrorists attack at Ram Janma Bhumi Premises (Ayodhya) on July 5, 2005, terrorist
attack on Sankat Mochan Temple of Varanasi on 7th March, 2006, Mumbai Blasts on July 11,
2006 and Malegaon Blast in September 2006, the year 2006, India witnessed several other
blasts which made everybody think that India is a soft State and Pakistani terrorists especially
Al-Qaida, LeT and SIMI under its new name Indian Mujahidin can strike at their will at any
part of the country.

Hyderabad blast perpetrated by terrorists took place on 25th August, 2007 killing 40 people.
Blasts outside Ajmer’s Chisti Dargah were occurred in 2007 where 2 people lost their lives
and 17 others were killed. Later on blast in a movie theatre in Ludhiana killed 6 people and
injuring many people assembled at the theatre at that time. Finally, on 26th November, 2008
being emboldened by their early successes, Pakistani terrorists belonged to LeT, supported by
Al- Qaida and ISI wing od Pakistani Military attacked Taj Hotel, Oberoi Hotel and the
residential Nariman Palace and even Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station killing about 200
people and injuring about 300. The paramilitary commandos and other security forces killed
nine terrorists and one terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was captured alive. After 17 months of
trial, the Trial Court gave4 its verdict against the terrorists of 26/ 11 Mumbai Attacks, Kasab
was sentenced to death on 5 charges for killing 7 persons. Besides this, he was an accomplice
for the murder of 65 other persons. Kasab was also found guilty of conspiracy with Lashkar-
e- Toiba in killing 166 persons he was also found guilty of waging war against India. He was
also sentenced for life imprisonment on 5 other charges. Different punishments were given to
other accused person. The trial court gave the verdict on May, 6th 2010.

BODHGAYA BLASTS (7TH JULY, 2013):

On 7th July, 2013, 9 blasts rocked the Bodh Gaya in first Terrorist Strike in any Buddhist
Shrine in India. On the morning of 7th July, 2013 (about 5:30 a.m. and 5:58 a.m.) the temple
town of Bodh Gaya awoke to serial blasts. Nine bombs went off in four locations spread over
a radius of one kilometer from Mahabodhi temple. The blasts injured 2 monks. However, the
Mahabodhi Temple and the Bodhi Tree, under which Buddha attained enlightenment,
escaped damage. As regards to preparedness of the Central Government, NSG had reached to
the blasts site 12 hours late. On Sunday the NIA and NSG were to reach Bodh Gaya at about
10 a.m. but due to bad weather they returned to Delhi. Last but not the least the most
redeeming feature of the Blast was the poorly planted explosives which saved the Buddha
statue. Had the terrorist been judicious in planting the bombs the 80 feet tall Buddha statue
could have been badly destructed.

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES:

Terrorism has been a problem world- wide. There have been several incidents which have
taken place in this century, starting from the horrifying incident of 9/ 11.

TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE, AMERICA’S WAR

AGAINST TERRORISM:

The terrorists struck at the heart and soul of America on Tuesday, 11th September, 2001 when
several large planes hijacked simultaneously from airports were crashed into symbols of
American establishment and enterprise- the 110 storey tower of the WTC in New York and
the Pentagon building outside Washington. About 10000 people were believed to have been
killed in this carnage.

ATTACK ON THE ARMY SCHOOL OF PESHAWAR:

On 16th December, 2014, 9 gunmen affiliated with the Tehrik-e- Taliban conducted the
terrorist attack on the Army Public School, Peshawar. The militants, all of whom were
foreign nationals, included one Chechen, three Arabs and two Afghans. The entered the
school and opened fire on the school staff and children. They killed 145 people including 132
children ranging between eight to nine years of age.

ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/)

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant formally known as ISIS, it is an Islamist rebel
group that controls territory in Iraq and Syria and also operates in eastern Libya, the Sinai
Peninsula of Egypt, and other areas of the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia
and Southeast Asia. The UN has held ISIL responsible for human rights abuses and war
crimes, and Amnesty International has reported ethnic cleansing by the group on a "historic
scale". The group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations,
the European Union, the UK, the United States, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, India, and Russia and over 60 countries are directly
or indirectly waging war against ISIL. ISIL believes that Shias are apostates and must die in
order to forge a pure form of Islam.

TERRORISM VIS-À-VIS GENOCIDE

The question which generally arises is, ‘what is the difference between terrorism and
genocide?’However, by the definition of genocide earlier given by Raphael Lemkin, it could
be inferred that terrorism includes genocide and both the words are deeply related to each
other. Thus, there are definitional similarities between the terms genocide and terrorism and
Terrorism can exhibit acts of genocide, per the established definition of genocide by Raphael
Lemkin and the Genocide Convention. While academic literature has briefly addresses
terrorism as a form of genocide, little has been done to bridge the gap between the concepts.
An illustration will be made between the similarities of the terms, when genocidal terrorism
has occurred and some of the usefulness of framing terrorism as a form of genocide. The 9/
11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Iraq are evident of this. However, it should be noted that
while there are some differences between Raphael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention’s
definition of genocide, both definitions are used to illustrate that either definition suffice in
showing the similarities between conditional cases of terrorism and genocide.

In the case of terrorism, it is the membership in the extremist group and collective belief
system that binds members together, not the violence. Whether it is identity as a group
member, a national or ethnic group, or the belief system of the group, they are the dynamics
that propel various forms of political violence. Their belief in the enemy overpowers the fact
that people will die and generally places the group in the role of victims. In most terrorist
groups there is a perceived injustice, a need for belong and identity. Similarly, the same
occurs in genocidal groups. Lemkin notes that in each case of genocide there is a group that is
“aware of injustice and insults heaped upon it by the other group”. For example, in the attacks
of WTC and 26/ 11, the hijackers came from various backgrounds but were bound together
on a jihadist mission because they had adopted a similar belief system. Identity with a group,
whether religious, cultural or national, plays a large role in the formation of terrorists.
Similarly, group identity is a cornerstone of Raphael Lemkin’s concept of genocide.

Raphael Lemkin’s definition of genocide explicitly states that the intentional killing or
attempt to destroy a group is genocide. Conversely, terrorism is the premeditated, or
intentional, killing of non-combatants with the hopes of influencing an audience. Terrorism,
nor genocide, occurs in a vacuum. There are steps that lead to the culminating events, with a
history between the two main groups involved. As already stated there are eight identified
stages of genocide explained above. Similar is the case of terrorism.

Thus the whole psychology behind genocide and terrorism is the feeling of suppression. This
psychological feeling stays with the victims and perpetrators, thereby not putting an end to
the ethical differences. No matter how hard we try but genocide and terrorism will end only
when the ethical differences will come to an end. Therefore, by means of this piece of work
of ours’ we just hope and pray that ‘May peace prevail on earth’ and we pray for all the
countries of the world.

CONCLUSION

Genocide and terrorism, as evidenced by the previous century, cannot logically be eradicated
or totally prevented. This is not to say the international community should not continue to try
or at least reduce the effects and the tremendous loss of life as a result of genocide and
terrorism. The question then becomes why hasn’t the international community been able to
prevent, identify (in a timely manner) or intercede to stop the genocides of the twentieth and
the beginning of the twentieth first century? The problem lies in the international
communities’ inability to agree on what constitutes genocide and the appropriate reaction to
the threat. Thus, we must think of new avenues in order to stop the threat imposed by
genocide and terrorism and we must save our mankind from such further mass killing. we do
believe the states will take into account, under the pressures of globalizing world such kind of
a terrorist attack or mass killing should not be done because we do deserve a better life and
yes of course a better way to die.

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