Chapter 1[1] Why Do People Commit Genocide and What Can We Do To Stop It? Dr. Gregory Stanton[2]   Abstract The first chapter, emanating from the keynote lecture at the 2012 conference, addresses the ten stages of genocide, noting how the commission of genocide requires individuals to become willing and able to kill fellow human beings.  It describes, both in generic terms and in reference to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis, the process by