Integrate Genocide and Mass-Atrocity Education into the Curriculum to support the Anti-Racism plan in Wales
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We call on the Welsh Government to provide age-appropriate guidance for teaching genocide and mass atrocities within the Welsh Curriculum. Comparative, non-prescriptive case studies, including Rwanda, Burundi, Bosnia, and the Holocaust, will support anti-racism, human rights, global citizenship, inclusion, and ethical learning, helping young people recognize and challenge discrimination, promote empathy, understanding, and social responsibility, and strengthen Wales’s Nation of Sanctuary goal.
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Genocide and mass-atrocity education is essential for promoting empathy, ethical reasoning, and engaged citizenship among young people by conveying how prejudice and discrimination escalate into violence. This supports the Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan and Nation of Sanctuary commitments, entrenching preventative education and understanding of forced displacement. Age-appropriate, non-prescriptive guidance can be ingrained into Humanities and Health & Wellbeing. Comparative case studies: the Holocaust, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the 1972 Ikiza in Burundi, and the 1995 Bosnian Genocide enable learners to recognise patterns of discrimination and violence on a global scale. National guidance will support teachers and ensure education is high-quality and globally accountable.