Rwanda and Genocide in the Twentieth Century

AvAlain Destexhe

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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The massacre of the Tutsis in Rwanda, argues Alain Destexhe, is the first incontestable case of genocide since 1945. Yet the term has been frequently used by the media to emphasise the horror of many of the world's mass killings: from Cambodia and East Timor to Somalia and Bosnia. Destexhe demonstrates that genocide has a very specific definition and places the concept under close scrutiny, arguing that failure to limit the term to situations where it is clearly applicable under the terms of the UN Convention on Genocide detracts from the gravity of the offence. It must now be reinstated as the most infamous of all crimes. Setting the study in its historical context by analysing the Armenian and Jewish genocides, Destexhe concludes that a failure to grasp the reality of the situation in Rwanda undoubtedly explains the failure of the international community to take adequate action.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-08-20
Mått:135 x 215 x undefined mm
Vikt:150 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:104
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745310411

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Alain Destexhe is the former Secretary General of Medecins sans Frontieres ('Doctors Without Borders') and is a member of the Belgian Senate. He is the author of L'humanitaire impossible ou deux siecles d'ambiguites (Armand Colin, 1993).William Shawcross is the author of Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia

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'An angry and eloquent book'

Innehållsförteckning

INTRODUCTION by William Shawcross The Unlearned Lesson of History1. The Crime of GenocideCriminal Intention; The Necessary Distinctions; The Importance of Making Distinctions2. The Three Genocides of the 20th CenturyThe Young Turks, Territory and Nationalism; The Nazis and Industrial Destruction; The Racism of the Hutu, The Old and the New; The Characteristics of Genocide3. Hutu and Tutsi: Tribalism Without a TribeThe Perception of Colour, Black and White; Promoting the Tutsi; The Belgian About-Turn and the 1959 Revolution; The Tutsi as Scapegoat4. From Indifference to CompassionThe Shadow of Somalia; French Intervention, Atonement for the Past; The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention5. Justice Must be DoneIndividual Culpability and Collective Responsibility; Crime and Punishment; Britain, France and Belgium and Political ResponsibilityAppendicesConvention for the Prevention of and Punishment for the Crime of GenocideChronology