A course on Genocide from Sowaka Harshita Foundation

What You Will Learn:

The course will be taught using Video Lectures, presentations, and PDFs covering the following:

1. The definitions of genocide as given by Raphael Lemkin, Dadran Vahikin, Irwing Horowitz, and the United Nations definition on the Prevention of Genocide and Atrocities.
2. An Indic view of genocide from Pandit Jonoraj.
3. The different definitions of genocide and their critique.
4. What constitutes the central themes in genocide?
5. The question of intent.
6. Why one time mass killing is not genocide.
7. Why ethnic cleansing is not genocide.
8. Why sexual violence is an integral part of genocide.
9. Application of the definitions to Noakhali and 1971 Pakistan Bangladesh war and torture of Bengali people fits the definition of genocide.
10. And some actual narratives of victims of genocide and ethnic from Noakhali and at present cleansing (the latter on availability).
11. General discussion: What were the takeaways from the course and conclusion.

Certifications will be awarded upon course completion by the Sowaka Harshita Foundation.