Assignment about Gloabl Rights and Wrongs

Global Rights and Wrongs

Contents
Democratic Republic of Congo and Genocide................................................................................1
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................2
References........................................................................................................................................4

Democratic Republic of Congo and Genocide
Democratic Republic of Congo and genocide are two terms that have time and
again intertwined. Though the wars of 1996 and 1998 have ceased, the genocide
has made its way deep into the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo.
Though with many peace programs there have been certain improvements, as
whole there seems not a complete eradication of genocide actions.
Genocide had become evident in the pre second war time when Hitler had killed
Jews as his prejudiced believes in Anti-Semitism. From the, the world has seen
different aspects of it and the definition have kept broadening with new example of
it being added from time to time (Bartels et al, 2010).
It is not hard to believe that peace and stability Democratic Republic of Congo can
be restored when there is collective efforts taken and this can only be done when
UN, the global peace-making body is in action.
One cannot deny but appreciated the efforts that have been taken so far with
regards to Democratic Republic of Congo.
Here what can be brought in discussion is The Genocide Convention also called
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This
was an important step in curbing genocide because for the first time genocide was
proclaimed as crime by the international law. It was adopted in the year 1948 and
brought to force in the year 1951.
The Convention was instrumental in bring out the fact that genocide is not
something that is only limited to times of war. It can very well be pursued at the
time of peace. This holds true for Democratic Republic of Congo. The wars, as
mentioned above, had ended back in 1998 but the tribes, especially in the eastern
parts, had continued to volatile to each other. The military which was asked to
interfere in order to bring in the security had done nothing but made the matter
worse (Koegler et al , 2019).
The result is that there have been inflictions on the Congolese people on a regular
basic. The women here have suffered the most as they are sexually abused and