176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill’s words, been a "crime without a name", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly. Millions of people have been murdered by sovereign nation states, confident in their ability to act with... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Introduction  1. Never Again? From the Holocaust to the Genocide Convention  2. The Genocide Convention  3. Explaining Genocide  4. Perpetrators, Bystanders, Victims and Rescuers  5. Genocide During the Cold War  6. Genocide After the Cold War  7. Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention  8. The Genocide Convention. Conclusion: The Politics of Genocide Today.  Appendix.  Glossary

Biography

Eric J. Evans, Ruth Henig, Philip Spencer

"An admirable introduction to the 'crime of crimes' since 1945, tackling the key issues and debates surrounding the problem of genocide, wide-ranging, incisive, engagingly argued, and deeply informed by case studies and illustrative testimony. Highly recommended." - Frank Chalk, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University, USA

"An accessible introduction to the problem of genocide, emphasising major episodes that have occurred since the United Nations adopted its Genocide Convention." - Martin Shaw, University of Sussex, UK