ISBN:
9780415840255
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (270 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Responding to Modern Genocide : At the Confluence of Law and Politics
DDC:
304.663
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Developments in the understanding and treatment of genocide through the twentieth century have involved a combination of politics, public opinion, social trends, and economic development, and led to the substantive law of genocide and the assumption of international jurisdiction. This book analyzes incidences of genocide and mass atrocities, focusing on the political factors involved in modern counter-genocide efforts. Drawing on incidences of genocide and mass atrocity such as the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the Armenian genocide, Mark Kielsgard adopts a conceptual model that reveals
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 The evolution of genocide; Early genocide practices; Modern genocide; Historical underpinnings of international intervention; War crimes; Nationalism and colonialism; International legal standards for intervention at the dawn of the twentieth century; Reconciling the historic trends; Case study: the Armenian genocide: the "before" picture of international accountability; The "Great Massacres"; The genocide; Impunity at Constantinople and Leipzig; The failed state of Armenia under Sèvres; Analysis
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Nuremberg and the Genocide ConventionDevelopment of modern international criminal law; 2 The politics of prevention; Modern genocide prevention; Case study: preventing the Holocaust; Wannsee Conference; Introduction; A brief chronology of events; Precursors to genocide; Anti-Jewish legislation and the Nuremburg Laws; Obstacles to immigration and the Evian Conference; Kristallnacht; Three phases of the "Final Solution"; The Bermuda Conference and attempts at rescue; The stages of genocide; United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights' Report
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UNHCHR warning signs that might lead to genocideOther preventive measures; Secretary-General's Action Plan; Formulation of early and clear warning; Case study: warning signs in the Rwandan genocide and extracts from the Special Rapporteur's report on Rwandan genocide; Rwanda in the years preceding 1994; Failures of France and the U.N.; Extracts from the Special Rapporteur's report; Appraising the international response; Fashioning a remedy; Lemkin on causation; Models of genocide prediction; The causative approach to prevention; Unambiguous exclusionary nationalism
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Character of radical nationalismFailed states, outcast states, and warlords; Time of national emergency; Impunity; Aggravating factors; Political economy of genocide; Methodology of the causative model; Application to the causation model; China; 3 The cost of denial; The timeline of genocide denial; Denial of ongoing genocide; Denial immediately after genocide; Altering the historic record; The methodology of denial; Legal challenges; Case study: denying the Holocaust; Incredulity; Collateral damage; Demographic denial; Nanjing; Pseudo-science; Victim blaming; The politics of denial
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4 Transformative remediationDefining transitional justice; Components of transitional justice; Victims' redress in international criminal law; Sensitivities of international tribunals to victims of mass atrocities: the effectiveness of the ICTR; Domestic transitional justice initiatives; Gacaca; Speech and association legislation in Germany and Rwanda; Truth and Reconciliation Commissions ("TRC"): South Africa, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste ("CRP"); Other models of transitional justice; Causative methodology; Affirmative action; Indicia of affirmative action in transitional justice
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Final observations
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
