Comparative Study on Consequences and Degree of Conviction of the Armenian Genocide and the Crimes Committed in Darfur

A study of various cases of genocides indicates that the ethnic, racial, religious and national groups subjected to the crime face with extremely severe demographic, socio-economic, political and legal, cultural, moral and psychological consequences. Accordingly, the study of the consequences of genocides is no less important than the study of the crimes themselves. The article analyzes the main consequences of the Armenian Genocide and the crimes in Darfur. The research combines historical-comparative and analytical methods to achieve the goals and objectives set by the authors. A wide variety of sources were used, both primary & secondary, especially for the case of Darfur the interdisciplinary researches of specialists were used. A comparative analysis of the Armenian Genocide and the Darfur crimes reveals the commonalities and differences of the consequences of the crimes for the Armenian people and the African population of Darfur region. It is obvious that despite the almost century-long period separating the two cases, both groups underwent and suffered serious demographic losses, which led to heavy consequences from the point of view of their further development. Furthermore, in both cases, criminal regimes, in parallel with extermination and deportation, destroyed settlements, damaged and carried out appropriation of private and communal property of victim groups. As a consequence of the Darfur crisis, hundreds of thousands of refugees found shelter in camps of neighboring countries.When it comes to Armenians, the Armenian genocide led to the formation of the Armenian diaspora in different countries where survivors had settled. From a practical viewpoint, both crimes haven’t been properly convicted. The perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide were sentenced to capital punishment by the Turkish military tribunal. As for the Darfur crisis, during the investigation the crimes committed against black population were qualified by the ICC as ethnic cleansing, which differs significantly from the actual circumstances and motives of the Armenian Genocide.