Essays about: "Cultural genocide"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Cultural genocide.

1. 1. Pursuing Justice:The Criminal Liability of the Christian Clergy in the Cultural Genocide of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Australia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Laura Leila Szücs; [2023]
   Keywords : Human Rights; Indigenous Rights; Genocide; Cultural Genocide; Stolen Generation; Residential School System; Canada; Australia; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Indigenous populations often bore the brunt of Christian settler colonization resulting in marginalization, assimilation, Christianization, and cultural elimination. Most perpetrators of colonial injustices go unpunished and wrongdoings unacknowledged, barring the possibility of genuine international and national reconciliation for indigenous peoples. READ MORE

3. 2. The Representation of Perpetrators in the Netherlands : A Case Study of Dutch Memorial Museums about the Second World War

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Eva Britt van Es; [2023]
   Keywords : Holocaust; genocide; perpetrators; memory culture; The Netherlands;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the texts and audio-files of the exhibitions of the Dutch memorial museums about the Second World War to understand how perpetrators have been represented. In a social constructionist approach on cultural memory and heritage it can be argued that memorial museums are institutions which partake in the processes of cultural memory and heritage during which a reconstruction of the past is developed which can be connected to the values of the current society. READ MORE

4. 3. Cultural Genocide within International Law : A Legal Analysis of Power Dynamics

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Jinan I M Rawab; [2023]
   Keywords : International Law; Human Rights; Genocide Convention; Cultural Genocide; Law Cases; United Nations; Power Dynamics;

   Abstract : The crime of cultural genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction or erasure of the cultural heritage, traditions, practices, and institutions of a group. It involves actions or policies aimed at undermining, suppressing, or eradicating the unique elements that define a culture, such as its language, customs, beliefs and way of life. READ MORE

5. 4. Erasing Identity: A Study of the Legal Evolution of Cultural Genocide and its Implications for the Protection against State-imposed Extinction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Samantha Edin; [2022]
   Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; folkmord; genocide; internationell straffrätt; international criminal law; kulturellt folkmord; cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Brottet folkmord kallas i folkmun för "brottets brott", vilket tyder på dess allvar och dess status som en jus cogens-norm i internationell rätt. Den nuvarande rättsliga definitionen av folkmord omfattar dock endast fysiska och biologiska handlingar, till skillnad från den ursprungliga definitionen som betonade innebörden av kulturellt folkmord. READ MORE

6. 5. The Death of a Culture – A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Cultural Genocide in International Law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Rui Johnson Petri; [2019]
   Keywords : public international law: international human rights law: international criminal law: cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Som ett led i att homogenisera den kinesiska befolkningen, har den kinesiska regeringen under längre tid bedrivit en kampanj för att avskaffa Xinjiang-provinsens inhemska folkgrupp Uigurer. Massiva konverteringsläger har inrättats där Uigurerna tvingas avsäga sig sin kultur, etnicitet och religion. READ MORE