What is Genocide?
United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
U.N. General Assembly. (1948, December 9). Resolution 260/III. Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. Retrieved from http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html
In order to determine if genocide has occurred and how to proceed, it is necessary to first know what genocide is. This United Nations document outlines, from a legal perspective, the definition of genocide, what acts of genocide are punishable, and how perpetrators of these acts will be tried. There has been much discussion of the flaws inherent in this legal definition, but this document is currently what is used to determine if genocide has occurred, and is therefore an important starting point in the study of genocide.
What is Genocide?
Shaw, M. (2007). What is genocide? Cambridge, UK: Polity.
Over the years, the idea of genocide and what it entails has become distorted and convoluted. In this book, the author revisits the concepts and classification of genocide. In the first part of the book, the contradicting theories of genocide are discussed, while the second part delves into the sociology of genocide, focusing on elements of genocidal conflicts, the targeting of civilians as a hallmark of genocide, and different types of genocide. The author ends with his own definition of genocide and a look at the case of genocide in Darfur. This is an interesting approach to the theory of genocide, and an introduction to the varied and sometimes problematic interpretations of genocide.
U.N. General Assembly. (1948, December 9). Resolution 260/III. Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. Retrieved from http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html
In order to determine if genocide has occurred and how to proceed, it is necessary to first know what genocide is. This United Nations document outlines, from a legal perspective, the definition of genocide, what acts of genocide are punishable, and how perpetrators of these acts will be tried. There has been much discussion of the flaws inherent in this legal definition, but this document is currently what is used to determine if genocide has occurred, and is therefore an important starting point in the study of genocide.
What is Genocide?
Shaw, M. (2007). What is genocide? Cambridge, UK: Polity.
Over the years, the idea of genocide and what it entails has become distorted and convoluted. In this book, the author revisits the concepts and classification of genocide. In the first part of the book, the contradicting theories of genocide are discussed, while the second part delves into the sociology of genocide, focusing on elements of genocidal conflicts, the targeting of civilians as a hallmark of genocide, and different types of genocide. The author ends with his own definition of genocide and a look at the case of genocide in Darfur. This is an interesting approach to the theory of genocide, and an introduction to the varied and sometimes problematic interpretations of genocide.