The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect

Author:   Jeffrey S. Bachman
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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9781978821507


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   16 September 2022
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The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect


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Beginning with the negotiations that concluded with the unanimous adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide on December 9, 1948, and extending to the present day, the United States, Soviet Union/Russia, China, United Kingdom, and France have put forth great effort to ensure that they will not be implicated in the crime of genocide. If this were to fail, they have also ensured that holding any of them accountable for genocide will be practically impossible. By situating genocide prevention in a system of territorial jurisdiction; by excluding protection for political groups and acts constituting cultural genocide from the Genocide Convention; by controlling when genocide is meaningfully named at the Security Council; and by pointing the responsibility to protect in directions away from any of the P-5, they have achieved what can only be described as practical impunity for genocide. The Politics of Genocide is the first book to explicitly demonstrate how the permanent member nations have exploited the Genocide Convention to isolate themselves from the reach of the law, marking them as ""outlaw states.""

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Author:   Jeffrey S. Bachman
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.003kg
ISBN:  

9781978821507


ISBN 10:   1978821506
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   16 September 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Genocide and State Impunity   1. Territorializing Prevention of Genocide         2. Redefining the Crime of Genocide for Reasons of State                   3. The ICJ as Enabler of State Impunity for Genocide  4. The P-5 and Discretionary Non-Application of the Genocide Convention                   5. The Responsibility to Protect and P-5 Impunity        Conclusion: The Persistent Outlaw, Perpetual Impunity, and the Field of Genocide Studies Acknowledgments   Notes Bibliography   Index

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"""In The Politics of Genocide, Jeffrey S. Bachman conducts an unsparing analysis of the United Nations (UN) Genocide Convention’s formulation in 1947-48 and subsequent selective application by the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Decrying the orchestrated 'culture of impunity for genocide,' this book is a necessary corrective to the view that the Genocide Convention has humanized world politics."" -- Dirk Moses * author of The Problems of Genocide * A rigorous and revisionist study of how framings of genocide, and applications of the relevant international law, granted effective impunity to the world's most powerful state actors -- and still do. Bachman's book is readable and accessible. It serves as an excellent complement and counterweight to standard treatments of this vital subject. -- Adam Jones * author of Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction *"


"A rigorous and revisionist study of how framings of genocide, and applications of the relevant international law, granted effective impunity to the world's most powerful state actors -- and still do. Bachman's book is readable and accessible. It serves as an excellent complement and counterweight to standard treatments of this vital subject.--Adam Jones ""author of Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction"" ""In The Politics of Genocide, Jeffrey S. Bachman conducts an unsparing analysis of the United Nations (UN) Genocide Convention's formulation in 1947-48 and subsequent selective application by the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Decrying the orchestrated 'culture of impunity for genocide, ' this book is a necessary corrective to the view that the Genocide Convention has humanized world politics.""--Dirk Moses ""author of The Problems of Genocide"""


In The Politics of Genocide, Jeffrey S. Bachman conducts an unsparing analysis of the United Nations (UN) Genocide Convention's formulation in 1947-48 and subsequent selective application by the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Decrying the orchestrated 'culture of impunity for genocide, ' this book is a necessary corrective to the view that the Genocide Convention has humanized world politics. --Dirk Moses author of The Problems of Genocide


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JEFFREY S. BACHMAN is a senior professorial lecturer in human rights at the American University School of International Service in Washington, DC. He is the author of The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship and editor of Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations.  

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