Human Rights

Basic is defined as a starting point or minimum. It is the most elementary level. Some people in our world today are deprived of basic human rights. Basic human rights include the most rudimentary level of rights that humans deserve. The right to exist, the right to choose a religion, the right to education, and equality are some examples. In a time of genocide, basic human rights are taken away from the victims leading to the extermination of the group. Although human rights should be guaranteed to all people, they can be appropriated and make those involved lose sight of who they are.

In order for extermination to happen, certain events and feelings must occur causing to beginning of genocide. The most important emotion involved in genocide is hatred. The killers must feel a subsequent amount of hatred toward the targeted group. Their hate must be strong enough to murder, torture, or harm these people without thinking twice. This made outsiders question if these murderers were even in their right state of mind. Another reason extermination takes place is difference. An additional point is that the killer must feel superior in this difference. Whether it is religion, appearance, or ethnicity, a distinction between groups of people is necessary for genocide to come about. A difference in people lacking open-mindedness can cause disagreements and can lead to worse.

The aftermath of genocide affects those involved, survived or dead, and those who only learned of the horrors committed. One effect of genocide is very obvious but very important: mass killing. Without the death of many people from one group, it would not even be considered genocide. Thousands, billions in some cases, were killed because of their beliefs, appearance, or anything the killers wanted to accuse them of. This went against every human moral and took away the few human rights the victims had left. Another effect of genocide has to do with the targeted group. The result of the atrocities that they had to endure left them constantly scared and slightly insane. They could no longer trust anyone; they had lost the ability to put trust or rely on someone else. When an individual endures any type of horror, the memories have a lasting, haunting effect.

Basic human rights can be taken away in a time of genocide which can cause extermination of a certain group of people. Overall, genocide is caused by a difference in people and it deprives its victims of basic human rights. When the targeted group is denied their rights, it makes the killers feel superior. Because of genocide's ability to bring out the worst in people, deny prisoners of their rights, and to negatively create lasting effect on people, it should never occur.