Armenian Essay
Observers of basic Humans Rights preventing Armenian Genocide
A century ago the Armenian genocide was one of the most massive and horrifying genocides know to this day, even though it is not remembered as frequently as other genocides, like the Holocaust. Morgenthau stated, “During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire became the target of increasing persecution by the Ottoman government” (Morgenthau, The Armenian Genocide). Unfortunately, The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was only adopted in 1948, while the massive slaughtering of Armenians took place thirty years earlier, not making the massive persecution of Armenians a recognized genocide in every part of the world especially in the present day Republic of Turkey. The Armenian genocide was not classified as genocide by the Turkish government. Even though the decision to exterminate the Armenian’s was made by the political party in power in the Ottoman Empire. If the UDHR had been established prior to the Armenian genocide the observers of basic human rights could have prevented the genocide from occurring by reinforcing five of the thirty Articles found in the UDHR, which are Articles 1,2,3,5, and 30 the most that can be used to confront the occurrences of the genocide.
(he said weak transition,but u Cant use fisrtly) Article 1 of the UDHR declared that all of humanity is born free and equal, no matter the ethnicity, race, color or nationality, and that society should all be treated in the same way. Giving that, the spectators of basic Human Rights would have prevented the genocide by promoting the awareness that the idea of eliminating a minority group based on racial, ethnical, religious, or national differences if unquestionably wrong. Furthermore, bringing up the alertness that the hatred towards a group of individuals is socially constructed and government supported, influences society into
A century ago the Armenian genocide was one of the most massive and horrifying genocides know to this day, even though it is not remembered as frequently as other genocides, like the Holocaust. Morgenthau stated, “During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire became the target of increasing persecution by the Ottoman government” (Morgenthau, The Armenian Genocide). Unfortunately, The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was only adopted in 1948, while the massive slaughtering of Armenians took place thirty years earlier, not making the massive persecution of Armenians a recognized genocide in every part of the world especially in the present day Republic of Turkey. The Armenian genocide was not classified as genocide by the Turkish government. Even though the decision to exterminate the Armenian’s was made by the political party in power in the Ottoman Empire. If the UDHR had been established prior to the Armenian genocide the observers of basic human rights could have prevented the genocide from occurring by reinforcing five of the thirty Articles found in the UDHR, which are Articles 1,2,3,5, and 30 the most that can be used to confront the occurrences of the genocide.
(he said weak transition,but u Cant use fisrtly) Article 1 of the UDHR declared that all of humanity is born free and equal, no matter the ethnicity, race, color or nationality, and that society should all be treated in the same way. Giving that, the spectators of basic Human Rights would have prevented the genocide by promoting the awareness that the idea of eliminating a minority group based on racial, ethnical, religious, or national differences if unquestionably wrong. Furthermore, bringing up the alertness that the hatred towards a group of individuals is socially constructed and government supported, influences society into