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An Analysis Of Perspectives On The Office Of The Special Adviser On The Prevention Of Genocide, Aidan Hehir
An Analysis Of Perspectives On The Office Of The Special Adviser On The Prevention Of Genocide, Aidan Hehir
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
In April 2004, on the tenth anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, the UN secretary- general established the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG). While the OSAPG has been hailed in some quarters as major institu- tional reform of significant importance, there has been no focused academic analysis of its mandate and work to date. This article addresses this gap and is based on a series interviews conducted with prominent members of the OSAPG itself and experts in the field of human rights. The article analyzes the differing perspectives on the OSAPG and identifies the major …
Memory Controversies In Post-Genocide Rwanda: Implications For Peacebuilding, Elisabeth King
Memory Controversies In Post-Genocide Rwanda: Implications For Peacebuilding, Elisabeth King
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Intrastate wars and genocides result in devastating losses and leave deep and lasting scars on those who survive. Making space for civilians to share their experiences of violence and to have them publicly acknowledged—especially by their own governments—can be important parts of (re)knitting the social fabric. This article focuses on the experiences of ordinary Rwandans during and after their country’s civil war and genocide. It is centered on excerpts from a series of field interviews and highlights Rwandans’ memories in their own words. This article contrasts this cross-section of civilian narratives with the official memories of violence that the national …
Author Biographies
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Discussing Indigenous Genocide In Argentina: Past, Present, And Consequences Of Argentinean State Policies Toward Native Peoples, Walter Delrio, Diana Lenton, Marcelo Musante, Marino Nagy
Discussing Indigenous Genocide In Argentina: Past, Present, And Consequences Of Argentinean State Policies Toward Native Peoples, Walter Delrio, Diana Lenton, Marcelo Musante, Marino Nagy
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
For a long time the historiographical and anthropological narrative in Argentina contributed to a double assumption that is nowadays strongly grounded in citizens’ common sense. On the one hand, the extinction of Indigenous peoples is vaguely dated to a period from the Spanish conquest to the military campaigns known as the ‘‘conquest of the desert’’; on the other hand, such extinction is simultaneously interpreted as a ‘‘natural’’ process in universal history. Argentine state policies were thus naturalized. It is frequently assumed that this set of natural processes might have left only individual ‘‘descendants,’’ in place of political entities. There- fore, …
Full Issue 5.2
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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The Opposition Front Against Compulsory Military Service: The Conscription Debate And Human-Rights Activism In Post-Dictatorship Argentina, Santiago Garaño
The Opposition Front Against Compulsory Military Service: The Conscription Debate And Human-Rights Activism In Post-Dictatorship Argentina, Santiago Garaño
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Compulsory military service (CMS) was in place in Argentina from 1902 to 1995. Although its abolition was directly linked to the murder of soldier Omar Carrasco, the prosecution of this case of violence should not ignore the pre-existing opposi- tion movement that developed toward the end of the last dictatorship (1976– 1983). Within the context of a wider debate on the functioning of conscription, in November 1983 a group of human-rights activists launched the Opposition Front against the CMS (FOSMO). This article examines FOSMO’s history, which offers insight into the hypothesis that, under certain historical and political circum- stances, human-rights …
Book Review: Chris Hedges, Empire Of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle, Herb Hirsch
Book Review: Chris Hedges, Empire Of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle, Herb Hirsch
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
At first glance, a book that is a critical analysis of US culture might appear not be relevant to the study and prevention of genocide. This would be a profound mistake. Chris Hedges’ analysis is not only applicable but important. Hedges, author of the National Book Critics Circle–nominated War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), has given those who consider themselves genocide scholars much to think about and to apply to their concerns. With the possible exception of chapter two, ‘‘The Illusion of Love,’’ he digs into modern American culture and casts a critic’s glare on what is …
The Devil In The Details: “Life Force Atrocities” And The Assault On The Family In Times Of Conflict, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgey
The Devil In The Details: “Life Force Atrocities” And The Assault On The Family In Times Of Conflict, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgey
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This article introduces the idea of ‘‘life force atrocities’’ and investigates the role they have played in twentieth-century genocides, arguing that genocide is a gen- dered crime intimately associated with institutions of reproduction. Using exam- ples from established cases of genocide, such as the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Bosnia, and Rwanda, as well as from conflicts not generally under- stood as genocides, such as Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the article outlines two types of life force atrocities that have been common features of these conflicts: inversion rituals and ritual desecrations. Each of these instances of …
Review Essay: Old Concerns And New Plays In The Theater Of Genocide, Robert Skloot
Review Essay: Old Concerns And New Plays In The Theater Of Genocide, Robert Skloot
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This review essay describes and evaluates the theatrical strategies and dramatic contributions of seven stage productions that represent recent examples of the Theater of Genocide. Taken together, they deal with Bosnia (Roel Adam), Cam- bodia (Catherine Filloux), Congo (Lynn Nottage), Darfur (Winter Miller), and Rwanda (Erik Ehn, J.T. Rogers and Dorcey Rugamba). The author focuses on a number of major issues in theater criticism: (a) the nature and effectiveness of empathy, (b) the use of white, Western characters to serve as surrogates for white, Western audiences’ emotional investment in the stories, and (c) the artistic use of historical events for …
Full Issue 5.1
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Genocidal Intentions: Social Death And The Ex-Gay Movement, Sue E. Spivey, Christine M. Robinson
Genocidal Intentions: Social Death And The Ex-Gay Movement, Sue E. Spivey, Christine M. Robinson
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
In this article, the authors contribute to the literature on predicting and prevent- ing genocide in an international context, focusing on social death practices elabo- rated in articles II(b)–(e) of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UNCG). Analyzing ex-gay movement texts, the authors apply James Waller’s theoretical framework, which explains how ordinary people commit extraordinary acts of brutality, to the rhetoric and public policy advocacy of prominent ex-gay movement organizations and entre- preneurs. Further, they examine the extent to which this new religious movement promotes public policies in the United States …
Author Biographies
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
No abstract provided.