This report delves into the widespread use of rape and other forms of sexual violence as deliberate tactics in the Sudan Civil War, which ..read more

“It is brutal, and it is all about humiliation and degrading human dignity,” said Sulima Ishaq, the director of the Combating Violence ..read more

“They were barbaric. They took turns raping me under the tree where I had gone to gather wood to [make a fire to] keep warm,” said ..read more

The International Religious Freedom Roundtable & Alliance Against Genocide Working Group is circulating a letter to the United Nations ..read more

An Analysis Based on the “Ten Stages of Genocide” Families escaping Ardamata in West Darfur cross into Adre, Chad, after a wave of ethnic ..read more

By Sera Mishra Genocide Watch Source: Nepali Times  Nepal has been a multi-ethnic society since the 5th Century. Caste hierarchy is based on ancient Hindu beliefs. It was officially established in 1769 and legalized in 1854 through the Muluki Ain (National Code).  The Dalit caste, or Untouchable caste, is at the bottom of the hierarchy and makes up about 13% of Nepal’s population, nearly 3 million out of 30 million Nepalese citizens.  The ideology which characterizes Dalits as unclean arose out of the Brahmanical hierarchy long ago when upper classes viewed aborig ..read more

LGBTQ+ refugees living in Kenya stand behind a rainbow flag outside an office of the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Nairobi, Kenya in May 2019. | Ben Curtis/AP By Grace Condon What is Conversion Therapy? So-called “conversion therapy,” also known as “reparative therapy,” “reintegrative therapy,” or “aversion therapy,” is a practice aimed at changing homosexual, transgender, or non-binary individuals’ sexual orientation or gender identity to heterosexual or cisgender identity. The practice of conversion therapy is rooted in the erroneous and prejudiced belief that homosexuality and gender dive ..read more

A PERSONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE ORIGINS AND BEGINNING YEARS OF GENOCIDE STUDIES AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD TODAY Published on March 29, 2024 by Editor A Special Legacy Article by Israel W. Charny The following is the complete article and contains materials that have not been included in the edited version published by Genocide Studies and Prevention (GSP) – Volume 17, No. 3, pp. 1-18. The major difference as noted in the journal article (p.16) is that a fuller description of the history of the development of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS) is included and ..read more

A gay Ugandan couple cover themselves with a pride flag as they pose for a photograph, March 25, 2023 [AP Photo] By Grace Condon The Anti-Homosexuality Act On May 29, 2023, Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws. The AHA includes the death penalty for so-called “aggravated homosexuality.” According to the AHA, aggravated homosexuality includes consensual same-sex relations between adults if an individual is a “serial offender” or has consensual sex with a person with a disability. The law also prescribes li ..read more

By Grace Condon and Frankie Condon February 4, 2024 The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Genocide Watch. The UN estimates there are 1.7 million displaced people in Gaza, many of whom have fled the fighting around Khan Younis. Source: Reuters   The 7 October assault by Hamas on Israel enacted long-established genocidal intent by Hamas against the people of Israel. Under Article 51 of the U.N. Charter every state has the right to defend itself against attack and to protect its people against the thr ..read more