The definition of Genocide can be found in Article II of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention and in it acts of Genocide are categorised into five main areas. The reason for this was to make it easier to identify the victims and the perpetrators. The definition seems to hold all the essential elements but it is clear that this definition is sorely lacking in some part. It is reasonable on the part of the United …showed first 75 words of 1990 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1990 total…political groups and economic classes. According to Article II of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, only the deaths of ethnic minorities can be classified as Genocide while nearly all the acts that took place in Rwanda came under the ‘proper’ distinction of an act of Genocide. This can only lead to the conclusion that the only difference between the two case studies is who the victims were and the international communities’ reaction to the event.