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The Genocide Convetion as found in Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) defines genocide as intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

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Women sit on the ground outside their tent which is flooded

Sudan war sees mass killings and no sign of ending

Sudan war sees mass killings and no sign of ending

Paramilitary RSF fighters have again brutally massacred scores of civilians, with Sudan's army also escalating attacks.
PoliticsOctober 31, 2024
View of a boy in yellow t-shirt with an amputated leg, walking on crutches, his back to the camera

Refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war recount horror of Darfur

Refugees fleeing Sudan's brutal war recount horror of Darfur

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces stand accused of ethnically motivated killings in Sudan's Dafur region.
Human RightsJuly 25, 202404:09 min
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Russian exiles report canceled ID cards

Russian exiles report canceled ID cards

Opponents of Russia's war against Ukraine are discovering that their ID cards have been canceled since they fled.
PoliticsJuly 21, 2024
Paul Kagame waves to a crowd

Rwanda's Paul Kagame: A controversial, polarizing strongman

Rwanda's Paul Kagame: A controversial, polarizing strongman

Three decades on, Rwandan President Paul Kagame remains a divisive leader.
PoliticsJuly 16, 2024
Ruanda vor den Wahlen 2017

Rwanda votes: Is Paul Kagame's power in check?

Rwanda votes: Is Paul Kagame's power in check?

President Paul Kagame has ruled with an iron fist for 24 years and he is widely expected to be reelected once again.
PoliticsJuly 11, 202401:39 min
A woman with curly blonde hair sings into a mike

Dealing with Holocaust trauma through music

Dealing with Holocaust trauma through music

"Silent Tears" features Holocaust survivors' poems set to music. The Yiddish-language album is now receiving an award.
MusicJuly 4, 2024
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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, designed by architect Peter Eisenman, in Berlin.

Germany: Controversy over 'culture of remembrance' reform

The coalition government wants to expand its remembrance culture to include the history of German colonialism.
SocietyMay 23, 2024
A woman and three men sitting on plastic chairs in front of a house.

Genocide: Rwanda's village of reconciliation and unity

In the Rwandan village of Mbyo, Tutsi who survived the genocide now live together with rehabilitated Hutu perpetrators.
SocietyApril 15, 2024
Palestinian Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki (r.) and members of his delegation listen to a hearing on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on February 19, 2024

Germany faces top UN court over Gaza 'genocide' claim

The case at the International Court of Justice aiming to halt German support for Israel is likely to be historic.
Human RightsApril 8, 2024
Human skulls preserved are exhibited on April at the Genocide memorial in Nyamata

Rwanda marks 30 years since 1994 genocide of Tutsis

April 7 marks three decades since nearly 1 million Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
SocietyApril 7, 2024
Chantal Uwanyirigira, a survivor of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, seen next to pews strewn with victims' clothes

Survivors remember Rwanda's 1994 genocide

Chantal Uwanyirigira took DW to the Nyamata memorial, her former church and the site of one of the massacres.
ConflictsApril 5, 202404:02 min
Director Samuel Ishimwe is seen from the back as he interviews his aunt in a schoolroom. Cameraman Robert Richter is standing to his right, and Sam's uncle is seated across from Sam.

Rwanda: From colonialism to genocide

A DW documentary traces the arc from German colonial rule to the genocide in Rwanda.
CultureApril 2, 2024
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