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Murambi Et Moisson De Crânes Ou Comment La Fiction Raconte Un Génocide, Josias Semujanga
Murambi Et Moisson De Crânes Ou Comment La Fiction Raconte Un Génocide, Josias Semujanga
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
This article shows how literary fiction is able to narrate the event of genocide so as to shatter the rational explanations of the world that are the accepted framework for discourse. It studies two texts written on the Rwandan genocide: Murambi by Boubacar Boris Diop and Moisson de crânes by Abdourahman Waberi.
Rethinking Transitional Justice: Cambodia, Genocide, And A Victim-Centered Model, Isabelle Chan
Rethinking Transitional Justice: Cambodia, Genocide, And A Victim-Centered Model, Isabelle Chan
International Studies Honors Projects
Through a normative and explanatory approach, this thesis explores the historical and political factors that could influence the pursuit of transitional justice in Cambodia. The study suggests that a victim-centered model will meet the goals of reconciliation, truth, and healing advocated by the Cambodian Government and the international community. Recognizing the necessities and positive potentialities inherent in a combined prosecutorial and restorative approach of transitional justice, this research calls upon historical and comparative lessons to bring forth public policy recommendations for the Hun Sen Government and the United Nations. The study concludes with avenues for additional research on Cambodia, transitional …
Genocide: A Humanities Prospective, Linda Nico
Genocide: A Humanities Prospective, Linda Nico
Senior Honors Projects
In 1943, Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” to describe the horrific events of the holocaust. Soon after, world leaders gathered and famously proclaimed “Never again.” Since the 1940’s the leaders of these same nations have seen similar atrocities committed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Timor, and even today in Sudan, but taken little responsibility in aiding the victims of these unspeakable acts. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 has done little to encourage the neither prevention nor punishment of the crimes of genocide. Who will study and analyze the subject of genocide, the …
Region, Academic Dynamics And Promise Of Comparativism, Robert Cribb
Region, Academic Dynamics And Promise Of Comparativism, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Argues for setting Southeast Asia in a broach comparative studies framework.