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Introduction to Volume ii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2023

By
Ben Kiernan ,
Benjamin Madley  and
Rebe Taylor
Edited by
Ned Blackhawk ,
Ben Kiernan ,
Benjamin Madley  and
Rebe Taylor
General editor
Ben Kiernan
Ned Blackhawk
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
Ben Kiernan
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
Benjamin Madley
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Rebe Taylor
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
Ben Kiernan
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
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Summary

The Genocide Convention provides an internationally recognised, though restricted, rubric for evaluating possible instances of genocide. First, perpetrators must evince ‘intent to destroy’ a ‘national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such’. Second, they must commit at least one of the five specified ‘acts’ of genocide against one of those four ‘protected’ groups. In addition, the Genocide Convention criminalises the following acts:

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The Cambridge World History of Genocide , pp. 1 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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