Key Sentence:
- On August 22, the United Nations celebrates International Day of Remembrance for Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.
On this United Nations day, International Day member states should reflect on their efforts to combat intolerance, discrimination, and violence against people based on religion or belief. The day was created as a direct response to growing questions about violence based on religion or belief. Including, in its worst form, international crimes such as crimes against humanity, war crimes, and even genocide.
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Although the day was launched as a direct response to ISIS’ atrocities against religious minorities in Syria. Iraq, particularly against Yazidis, Christians, and others, acts of similar violence continue to this day around the world.
For example, the 2014 ISIS genocide was followed by atrocities committed by the Burmese army against Rohingya Muslims. The Chinese government’s horrors against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, atrocities at Boko Haram in Nigeria, atrocities against tigers in Ethiopia, and many more. Some cases where the seriousness of the crime meets the definition of international criminal law.
Although in most cases the situation is analyzed in terms of ethnicity, in all these cases. There is a solid religious element that should not be overlooked, mainly when such an orientation is based on law. In the end, even if atrocities were dealt with, but the laws that led to such atrocities remained in effect, more horrors would follow.
Several years ago, for example, the Burmese legislature imposed some of the most severe attacks against the Rohingya Muslim community. Affecting the exercise of the right to freedom of religion or belief and the very existence of religious congregations. The Conversion Act regulates conversions by establishing an extensive approval process.
The Population Control Act legalizes the introduction of special zones with population control measures. One such measure from population control is the “three-year interval between births.” The Population Control Act is specifically aimed at the Muslim community to prevent intra-group births.