It is for this very reason that the definition of genocide in the UN genocide convention cannot be a very good definition of the phenomenon concerned. One could hardly argue that Raphael Lemkin – who originally proposed the term – or the various drafters of the convention, were somehow miracu...
Her questioning over whether calling for the genocide of Jewish students considered bullying — and subsequent equivocations from the higher education leaders — led to the resignations of the Harvard and University of Pennsylvania presidents. Stefanik and the Trump transition team did not immediately res...
U.S. officials have pushed Israel for months to contain its engagement with Hezbollah to avoid igniting a wider regional conflict that could put American forces across the Middle East in direct danger. Ryder stressed after the pager explosions that the Pentagon still considered diplomacy "the best ...
the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the theory underpinning cosmopolitan law represents the ideal they strive to achieve in a world plagued with war, conflict, and genocide. Before the UN, the ICJ and the ICC, the League...
aThere has been some reluctance to rank crimes against humanity and genocide as one being the lesser of the other in terms of their respective gravity,although genocide has been considered the 'crime of crimes'.After reviewing existing authorities on this point,Trial Chamber 1 of the ICTR in ...
Rape is also seen as a product of war, a consequence of war rather than a component of war, as it should be interpreted as. In conflicts such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Rwanda, rape should be seen as a tool of genocide because of the deliberate intent of destruction as defined ...
We asked Immaculeé to share the reaction her countrymen have had to her testimony in which she recounts not only how she survived the genocide by praying the Rosary in that tiny bathroom, but how she got through the grisly aftermath. She said that culturally, the Rwandan people don’t typi...
As part of the research for my current book project about the crucifixion of Jesus, I wanted to read a book called When Victims Become Killers, about the Rwanda genocide. The church was a vital component and location of the genocide and I wanted to understand how and why. Imagine going ...
It should have surprised no one that, despite the convening of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the genocide, the US government said nothing to condemn the Israeli slaughter. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said, “No country in this chamber would act with more restraint than Israel has.”...
NATO got involved when Yugoslavia's civil war became genocide. NATO's initial support of a United Nations naval embargo led to the enforcement of a no-fly zone. Violations then led to airstrikes until September 1995, when NATO conducted a nine-day air campaign that ended the war. By ...