Confronting GenocideRené Provost, Payam Akhavan “Never again” stands as one the central pledges of the international community following the end of the Second World War, upon full realization of the massive scale of the Nazi extermination programme. Genocide stands as an intolerable assault on a sense of common humanity embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other fundamental international instruments, including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter. And yet, since the Second World War, the international community has proven incapable of effectively preventing the occurrence of more genocides in places like Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sudan. Is genocide actually preventable, or is “ever again” a more accurate catchphrase to capture the reality of this phenomenon? The essays in this volume explore the complex nature of genocide and the relative promise of various avenues identified by the international community to attempt to put a definitive end to its occurrence. Essays focus on a conceptualization of genocide as a social and political phenomenon, on the identification of key actors (Governments, international institutions, the media, civil society, individuals), and on an exploration of the relative promise of different means to prevent genocide (criminal accountability, civil disobedience, shaming, intervention). |
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Genocidal Theory and Practical Atrocities | 44 |
4 Sovereignty as Responsibility for the Prevention of Genocide | 57 |
5 Citizenship National Identity and Genocide | 81 |
6 Incitement Prevention and Media Rights | 96 |
Part II UnPrevented Genocide | 104 |
12 Expectation of Prosecuting the Crimes of Genocide in China | 173 |
Part III Prevention Beyond the State | 192 |
A Program for Resistance to Genocidal Law | 195 |
14 Privatizing Humanitarian Intervention? Mercenaries PMCs and the Business of Peace | 238 |
CitizenDriven Political Will for Genocide Prevention in the US Context | 269 |
16 The Role of the International Community in Assisting the International Criminal Court to Secure Justice and Accountability | 279 |
From the Twilight to the Dawn? International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis MorenoOcampo at McGill University | 290 |
18 The Politics of Legal Accountability and Genocide Prevention | 295 |
7 Some Problems of Genocide Prevention | 105 |
Peacekeeping Troops in the Responsibility to Protect Era | 117 |
A Legal and Moral Imperative | 130 |
Denial and the Turkish National Security Concept | 151 |
South Africa Iraq and Darfur | 159 |
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