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10 Stages of Genocide

10 Stages of Genocide. The escalation of hatred and what you can do. 10 stages – why it is a useful framework. The Ten Stages of Genocide explore a possible timeline of genocide.

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10 Stages of Genocide

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  1. 10 Stages of Genocide The escalation of hatred and what you can do

  2. 10 stages – why it is a useful framework • The Ten Stages of Genocide explore a possible timeline of genocide. • Elements that are included in the 10 stages such as prejudice, discrimination, exclusion and intolerance are common in most societies • Every systematic genocide has been built on a failure to challenge these behaviours; failures which can become problematic in specific social conditions • The Ten Stages approach can help in potentially preventing future genocides

  3. A brief history • Bosnia-Herzegovina is a small European country in the region known as the Balkans • Part of the former Yugoslavia • Rise of nationalism lead to the breaking up of the country • Due to the demographic make up of Bosnia, the country imploded

  4. A brief history • Bosniaks – Muslim • Bosnian Croats – Catholic • Bosnian Serbs - Orthodox

  5. Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide

  6. What are the stages? 1) Classification: whois “us” and “them” 2) Symbolisation: symbols are used as differentiators 3) Discrimination: refusal of the rights of other groups

  7. Stages of genocide 4) Dehumanisation 5) Organisation 6) Polarisation Dehumanising pro-Nazi cartoon from Der Sturmer, representing Jewishness as a spider.

  8. Stages of genocide 7) Preparation 8)Persecution 9) Extermination 10) Denial Photo credit: Ron Haviv

  9. Preventing the escalation of hatred • From the 10 stages of genocide we can be more aware of the indicators and identify where individuals or the international community could have made different choices • We can contextualise and critically assess the choices that individuals, organisations and state actors make • We can also reflect on the choices we make

  10. Srebrenica: manifestations of hatred • Racism and ethnic superiority • Religious hatred – Islamophobia • Xenophobia • Misogyny and “gendercide” These forms of hatred were overlapping and intersectional.

  11. Unite Against Hatred 90 second video: https://bit.ly/2Ib7LxG

  12. Learn more • Reporting hate crime and information on hate crime: www.report-it.org.uk/home • Remembering Srebrenica: www.srebrenica.org.uk Twitter: @SrebrenicaUK • The 10 Stages of genocide: www.genocidewatch.com

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