Impediments to the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide: Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review

ISBN-13: 9781138510845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str.

Samuel Totten

Opis

Academics, NGOs, the United Nations, and individual nations are focused on the prevention and intervention of genocide

Spis treści

Preface—Why No One Came?, Introduction, 1. Realpolitik: The Major Impediment to the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide, 2. Lack of Political Will, 3. Denial of Ongoing Atrocities as a Rationale for Not Attempting to Prevent or Intervene, 4. The Wording and Interpretation of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: An Ongoing Impediment, 5. Data Limitations as an Impediment to Genocide Intervention, 6. Aspects and Components of the United Nations That Constitute Impediments to the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide, 7. The Impact of the Media on Genocide Intervention: A Prod, an Impediment, or Both?, 8. The International Arms Trade and the Prevention of Genocide: The Law and Practice of Arming Genocidal Governments, 9. Do Criminal Trials Prevent Genocide? A Critical Analysis, 10. “Paved with Good Intentions”: Attempts to Design Mechanisms to Prevent Genocide in the Twenty-First Century and Why They Have Not Succeeded, List of Contributors, Index

O autorze

Samuel Totten