In my opinion, genocide can most certainly occur without individuals being murdered. For instance, one aspect of ethnocide that is still considered genocide is in the U.N. Genocide Convention. Under Article 2(e), “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group,” would be an act of genocide. Although these children are not being killed, their culture is being taken from them, without their consent. If removing the ideas of the culture from a child’s mind is genocide, then why is destroying the cultural ideas from the entire group, or ethnocide, still not considered an act of genocide? Moreover, the U.N. Genocide Convention should be revised to include more information on ethnocide because many are going unpunished for their acts of genocide. For example, many people were too focused on the current definition of genocide, that the people in the Balkans were suffering without actually being killed. The Bosnian Muslims were victims of ethnocide because the Serbians were destroying their “cultural symbols.” As John Quigley points out, “the destruction of cultural objects may provide evidence that such acts were done with intent to destroy the group.” The Serbians are trying to get rid of the Bosnian Muslim’s culture by demolishing the homes of their linguistic ideas and religious faith. Therefore, ethnocide should be added to the U.N.’s definition because leaving it out is the same as allowing someone to annihilate a culture without ever executing a single
In my opinion, genocide can most certainly occur without individuals being murdered. For instance, one aspect of ethnocide that is still considered genocide is in the U.N. Genocide Convention. Under Article 2(e), “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group,” would be an act of genocide. Although these children are not being killed, their culture is being taken from them, without their consent. If removing the ideas of the culture from a child’s mind is genocide, then why is destroying the cultural ideas from the entire group, or ethnocide, still not considered an act of genocide? Moreover, the U.N. Genocide Convention should be revised to include more information on ethnocide because many are going unpunished for their acts of genocide. For example, many people were too focused on the current definition of genocide, that the people in the Balkans were suffering without actually being killed. The Bosnian Muslims were victims of ethnocide because the Serbians were destroying their “cultural symbols.” As John Quigley points out, “the destruction of cultural objects may provide evidence that such acts were done with intent to destroy the group.” The Serbians are trying to get rid of the Bosnian Muslim’s culture by demolishing the homes of their linguistic ideas and religious faith. Therefore, ethnocide should be added to the U.N.’s definition because leaving it out is the same as allowing someone to annihilate a culture without ever executing a single