The word 'genocide' comes from the Greek genos, meaning 'race' or 'tribe', and the Latin suffix cida, meaning 'kill'. Genocide is defined as the deliberate extermination of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part, by a state or other authority.
             Genocide is made easier in times of civil unrest or war. The Jewish Holocaust reached its final fury during the Second World War, the Turkish genocide of the Armenians was committed during the First World War, and the genocide of Tutsis by Hutu extremists in Rwanda was carried out during a period of political and social unrest in the African Great Lakes region in 1994. The general conflict provides a kind of smokescreen that prevents outsiders from distinguishing genocide from conventional wartime killing, and enables the perpetrators of genocide to exploit heightened social tensions.
             Extensive planning is required for genocide to be successful. In Nazi Germany, the availability of advanced technology meant that a small number of people could kill millions. By contrast, in Rwanda many thousands were required to carry out the killings because the main instrument of death was the machete: often it took several people to kill one victim. The Rwandan Government had all control and therefore it was easy for them to mobilize the Hutus to kill the Tutsis and wipe them out completely.
             Both the Jews and the Tutsis were set apart as enemy races, accused of being responsible for all manner of social, political and economic ills. Both the Nazis and the Hutus used propaganda to convince the masses of the existence of the enemy and the need to get rid of them, and created visible forms of difference which could serve as a basis for discrimination. Identity cards were used to differentiate between the Hutus and Tutsis while in Germany, the Jews were identified by the Star of David.
             Genocide is deliberate, premeditated and cold- blooded. There is no justific
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