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Legitimacy and scientific interest in comparative approach of genocidesThe 1948 Convention has not resulted in any significant genocidal prevention apart from a slight repression, a fact that is not surprising considering the ambiguity of its formulation.The trivialization of the term “genocide” rests in the inability of the law to clearly identify this crime. Thus it was necessary to broaden the research to other human sciences in order to isolate the elements that make up this phenomenon. A comparison of the three “recognized genocides” – the Armenians, the Jews and the Tutsi – offers a better understanding of this crime, and focuses on three stages of genocide. Stage A, prior to the genocide, gives an analysis of a genocidal process, which identifies murderous ideologies – nationalism, racism, ethnic. Stages B and C, following the installation of a totalitarian regime, describes the brutalization of the civil society as caused by war, and the transformation of a desire to murder into a destruction program. Genocide has a limited timeframe.Regardless of the differences that give each genocide its singularity, the comparative analysis of parameters, particularly the radicalism of murder, contributes to a better comprehension of the phenomenon. After the genocide comes to an end, an unlimited period stretches forward with singular, unique situations depending on the condition of the victim group, as well as the possibility of repressive acts, and above all, the processes of denial and revisionism.