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'''Genocide''' is defined in<span> international law</span> as ''certain prohibited acts or omissions committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a protected group of people. Genocide encompasses a variety of lethal and non-lethal acts, including acts of “slow death.” ''
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'''''''Genocide''' is defined in<span> international law</span> as'' any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: ''
 
''(a) Killing members of the group; ''
 
''(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; ''
 
''(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; ''
 
''(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; ''
 
''(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. ''
 
''Genocide encompasses a variety of lethal and non-lethal acts, including acts of “slow death.” -''United Nations  <ref>https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf</ref> 


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== Example of Genocide ==
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'''Indigenous People across Turtle Island ''' <ref>'''https://theconversation.com/how-canada-committed-genocide-against-indigenous-peoples-explained-by-the-lawyer-central-to-the-determination-162582'''</ref>
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Behaviours that the Canadian and American state and settlers in so-called Canada and the USA contributed, and in many cases still contribute to, to that constitute genocide on Indigenous Peoples include but are not limited to:
*Inflicting mental or physical harm (i.e. sexual abuse and mistreatment of children in [[Residential schools]])
*Imposing living conditions designed to result in physical destruction (i.e. starvation to develop the Canadian West; lack of adequate food, water or medical care)
*Imposing measures designed to prevent births (i.e. [https://ijrcenter.org/forced-sterilization-of-indigenous-women-in-canada/ forced sterilization])
*Forcibly transferring children from the group i.e. ([[Residential schools]] and the [[Sixties scoop]]).&nbsp;
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| style="width: 80.3024%;" | See our definitions page on the [[Global South]] for more.
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==Examples of Genocide==
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===Indigenous People across Turtle Island===


Behaviours that the Canadian and American state and settlers in so-called Canada and the USA contributed, and in many cases still contribute to, to that constitute genocide on Indigenous Peoples include but are not limited to: "inflicting mental or physical harm, such as the sexual abuse and mistreatment of children in residential schools; imposing living conditions designed to result in physical destruction, such as imposed starvation to develop the Canadian West; lack of adequate food, water or medical care; imposing measures designed to prevent births, such as forced sterilization; and forcibly transferring children from the group, such as residential schools and the ‘60s Scoop. These are only examples, many others have been committed over the decades and are well documented." -Fannie Lafontaine  <ref>https://theconversation.com/how-canada-committed-genocide-against-indigenous-peoples-explained-by-the-lawyer-central-to-the-determination-162582</ref>
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''Genocide is defined in international law as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(a) Killing members of the group;

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Genocide encompasses a variety of lethal and non-lethal acts, including acts of “slow death.” -United Nations [1]


Example of Genocide

Indigenous People across Turtle Island [2]

Behaviours that the Canadian and American state and settlers in so-called Canada and the USA contributed, and in many cases still contribute to, to that constitute genocide on Indigenous Peoples include but are not limited to:

  • Inflicting mental or physical harm (i.e. sexual abuse and mistreatment of children in Residential schools)
  • Imposing living conditions designed to result in physical destruction (i.e. starvation to develop the Canadian West; lack of adequate food, water or medical care)
  • Imposing measures designed to prevent births (i.e. forced sterilization)
  • Forcibly transferring children from the group i.e. (Residential schools and the Sixties scoop). 
Palestinian genocide See our definitions page on the Global South for more.
Congo's genocide See our definitions page on the Global South for more.




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  1. ↑ https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
  2. ↑ https://theconversation.com/how-canada-committed-genocide-against-indigenous-peoples-explained-by-the-lawyer-central-to-the-determination-162582
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