CJS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Iris Chang, Power Vacuum, United Nations Assistance Mission For Rwanda
5 Feb 2017
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Omits killing for political or social reasons. Unclear how many must die for it to be considered genocide. Doesn"t make a clear distinction between war aand genocide: hiroshima. What japanese did in china during world war ii. Colonizers view their actions as morally right. Area colonized seen as unclaimed by any legitimate authority. Strong colonial power withdraws or strong leader steps down. Trial in country where crime occurred or international tribunal. As many as 170,000,000 between 1900 and 1987. August 2001, first conviction for genocide: bosnian siberian general. More have died in genocide in past 100 years than in any 100 year period in history. Execution: adult males were made into community leaders. Young men were killed first, then others put to death march: 800 miles. Art, literature and culture destroyed by young turks. 4 turks were tried and sentenced, but no punishment was carried out. Other nations agreed and compensation was justified but nothing to provide evidence.
