Over 100,000 Rohingya have been murdered. The Rohingya are an Islamic minority that live in Rakhine State, Burma, which is near Bangladesh. They have resided there for centuries, yet the Burmese government refuses to give them humanitarian aid unless they sign documents as Bengalis, or in other words, illegal immigrants. In 2012, local political leaders and Buddhist monks started targeting the Rohingya with hate speeches towards Muslims, and since then, the violence and hatred have escalated.
Humanitarian aid has been prevented from helping the Rohingya, and the government denies that any genocidal acts have taken place although reports say otherwise. The government denies them citizenship and continues to ignore their situation although Burma’s president promised he would change laws regarding Rohingya citizenship. The Rohingya are victims of genocide.
The international community must uphold the responsibility to have an international convention with the Burmese government to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention because the United Nations pledged to take necessary measures to prevent genocide, the international community must answer pleas to learn from the past, and to stop the Rohingyas’ sufferings.
The international community must take responsibility to have an international meeting with the leaders of Burma to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention because the United Nation’s leaders pledged to take necessary measures to prevent genocide. In Article V of the Genocide Convention, it says, “The Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessary legislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention, and, in particular, to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.
This means that the countries that participated in the Genocide Convention are responsible to enforce laws convicting genocidal acts and are responsible to prevent it in their own country. This quote relates because in Annex 1: Relevant International Treaties Signed by Burma, on the table it notes that Burma has signed the Genocide Prevention Treaty, yet their country is in the act of genocide. Therefore, America and every other country in the world has the responsibility to prevent the genocide and punish the Burmese for their genocidal acts.
The international community must take responsibility to have an international meeting with Burma’s leaders to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention not only because the United Nations pledged to take necessary measures to prevent genocide, but also to answer pleas to learn from the past. The international community must take action by having an international convention with Burma’s government to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention because the global community is obligated to answer pleas to learn from the past. Elie Wiesel said, “But this time, the world was not silent.
This time we do respond. This time, we intervene. Does this mean we have learned from the past? Does this mean that society has changed? Have we really learned from our experiences? ” This quote asks the readers (and those present at Elie’s speech) to think and askaks ourselves if anything has changed that tells us that we have learned from past experiences. This quote relates because Elie asks for change to continue to take place in genocidal e situations. When the global community respects the wishes of Holocaust survivors, the world fulfills its duty to prevent genocide.
The international community must take action by having an international convention with Burma’s government to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention not only because the global community is obligated to answer pleas to learn from the past, but also to end the Rohingyas’ suffering. Human society must commit to accept the responsibility to have an international convention with the Burmese government to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention to stop the Rohingyas’ sufferings.
In the article about Burma’s genocide case it says, “Today, the Rohingya in Burma are forcibly isolated, cut off from nearly all goods and services, and unable to provide for themselves. ” This quote means that the Rohingya are starving prisoners, cut off from civilization, and brutally treated. The international community should not allow this to be happening. If the international community put themselves in the shoes of the Rohingya, wouldn’t we plea for help and , cry for justice?
For humane reasons, the global community must take the responsibility ourselves, when no others will, and end the torment that victims suffer, unless we would rather take upon their blood on our heads. The global community is obligated to meet with Burmese leaders to accuse them of genocide and warn them of intervention to uphold the United Nations pledge to prevent genocide , to heed the pleas of Holocaust survivors to change based on past experiences, and to eliminate the suffering of the Rohingya.
To end the anguish of the Rohingya, satisfy the implores of genocide victims, and honor the responsibility to respond to genocide stated in Article V of the Genocide Convention, human society must confront Burmese leaders and charge them with the crime of genocide, other crimes against humanity, and threaten them with further involvement if they do not cooperate.
When society decides to prevent and punish genocide, only then will the world have fulfilled their duty they pledged to do when the Genocide Convention Treaty was signed. When society takes the responsibility to defend those who are trodden down, only then will the world have learned from the past. When society defends genocide victims and commits to prevent and punish genocide, only then will the Rohingya be saved from their tribulations. That is when the world will finally live in peace.
