GENOCIDE CASE STUDY:
SYRIA
BY: CHRISTINA FERNANDES & CARLA ROSALES
THE CAUSE AND CONFLICT
• IN 2011, SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD BEGAN A BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL
PROTESTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
• THE USE OF MILITARY POWER SUCH AS TANKS AND ARTILLERY (LARGE-CALIBER GUNS)
AGAINST PROTESTERS AND TORTURE AND EXECUTION OF CHILDREN LED TO A CIVIL WAR.
• AUGUST 21, 2013, CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED.
SINCE THE GENOCIDE
• 220,000+ KILLED SINCE MARCH 2011 WHEN THE CONFLICT BEGAN.
• 2,000+ BARREL BOMBS FILLED WITH METAL SHARDS DROPPED ON CIVILIANS.
• 4 MILLION REFUGEES.. ONE IN EVERY SIX SYRIANS HAS FLED THE COUNTRY.
THE PEOPLE/SIDES INVOLVED
• PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD
• ASSAD REGIME – THE PRESIDENT’S MILITARY ARMY
• SYRIAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
• PRESIDENT OBAMA ACCEPTANCE OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
RESOLUTION
• UNFORTUNATELY THE CONFLICT IS STILL OCCURRING..
• URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES ACCEPTED INTO
THE UNITED STATES AND WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT RELIEF EFFORTS ARE FULLY FUNDED.
• THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONCLUDED THAT ONLY A POLITICAL SOLUTION COULD
END THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA.
PREVENT FURTHER GENOCIDE
• INFORM PEOPLE OF THE PROBLEM IN ORDER FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND
• SOUND THE ALARM AND DEMAND ACTION
- WE MUST SPEAK UP AND DEMAND THAT GOVERNMENT LEADERS MAKE THE RIGHT
CHOICES
PREVENT FURTHER GENOCIDE
• STOP THE ENABLERS
- FOLLOW THE MONEY AND APPLY PUBLIC PRESSURE TO SHAME AND STOP COMPANIES
AND GOVERNMENTS THAT FINANCE MASS VIOLENCE
•PUNISH THOSE WHO COMMITTED THE GENOCIDE
PREVENT FURTHER GENOCIDE PT. 2
• MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENOCIDE PREVENTION CORE VALUES IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
“IN APRIL 2012, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF ACTIONS TO
ENSURE THE UNITED STATES IS BETTER ABLE TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO GENOCIDE AND
MASS ATROCITIES. THE LANDMARK ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER YEARS OF PRESSURE FROM
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE UNITED STATES’ FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO PAST ATROCITIES WILL NOT BE REPEATED.”
PLEDGE AWARENESS
• DONATE
- THIS WILL PROVIDE FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND SUPPORT SYRIAN FAMILIES.
• INFORM PEOPLE
- SHARE THIS STORY IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED
• SIGN A PETITION
- TELL CONGRESS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE SYRIANS
WE PLEDGE
• 1. I PLEDGE TO DO MY PART TO END GENOCIDE: THE INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION, IN WHOLE
OR IN PART, OF A NATIONAL, ETHNICAL, RACIAL, OR RELIGIOUS GROUP.
• 2. I COMMIT MYSELF NEVER TO BE A PASSIVE BYSTANDER TO GENOCIDE ANYWHERE.
• 3. I PROMISE TO REPORT ANY SIGNS OF THE APPROACH OF A GENOCIDE TO GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS, TO THE PRESS, AND TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT IT.
• 4. I WILL PROTEST THE ACTS OF PLANNERS AND PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE. I WILL NOT
REMAIN SILENT ABOUT THEIR INCITEMENT OF HATE CRIMES, MASS MURDERS AND OTHER ACTS
OF GENOCIDE.
WE PLEDGE PT. 2
• 5. I WILL ASSIST THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE AND WILL HELP THEM ESCAPE FROM THEIR
KILLERS. I WILL SUPPORT THE VICTIMS WITH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.
• 6. I WILL NOT STOP MY PROTESTS AGAINST A GENOCIDE UNTIL THAT GENOCIDE IS STOPPED.
• 7. I WILL SUPPORT LAWFUL MEASURES TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS AND PUNISH THE CRIME OF
GENOCIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION.
WORKS CITED
• "SYRIA - UNITED TO END GENOCIDE." UNITED TO END GENOCIDE. WEB. 21 JAN. 2016.
• "QUICK FACTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SYRIA CRISIS." MERCY CORPS. 2016.
WEB. 04 FEB. 2016.
• "THE ASSAD REGIME: FROM COUNTERINSURGENCY TO CIVIL WAR." INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY
OF WAR. JOSEPH HOLLIDAY, 2007. WEB. 21 JAN. 2016.
STANTON, GREGORY H. WEB. 07 FEB. 2016.
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