Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume ii
- Introduction to Volume ii
- Part I Settler Colonialism
- Part II Empire-Building and State Domination
- Part III Nineteenth-Century Frontier Genocides
- Part IV Premonitions
- Index
Introduction to Volume ii
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2023
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume ii
- Introduction to Volume ii
- Part I Settler Colonialism
- Part II Empire-Building and State Domination
- Part III Nineteenth-Century Frontier Genocides
- Part IV Premonitions
- Index
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 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023