Essays about: "genocide theory"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the words genocide theory.

  1. 21. The Uyghurs of China: A Genocide in the Making - Tracking the Stages of Genocide

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Henrietta Störig; [2020]
    Keywords : China; Uyghur; ethnic groups; historical process research; genocide; identity;

    Abstract : Recent reports on the forced sterilization of Uyghur women in the People’s Republic of China prompted experts to recognize the on-going situation as genocide. The aim of this thesis is to examine the different events that constitute the current genocide of the Uyghur nation in China, what led to it, and how it is likely to further develop. READ MORE

  3. 22. When a region ignores a genocide : A case study of ASEAN’s prevention of the Rohingya crisis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Natalie Gunnarsson; [2020]
    Keywords : ASEAN; Myanmar; Mass atrocity; Responsibility to protect; Prevention;

    Abstract : In August 2017, the Myanmar military initiated what the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights called a text-book example of ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya ethnic minority. In 2020, Myanmar is called to the International Court of Justice to answer to allegations of committed genocide. READ MORE

  4. 23. Reconciliation and peace-building in post-genocide societies : A structured focused comparison in Rwanda and Cambodia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sammy Hassan; [2019]
    Keywords : Reconciliation; Cambodia; Rwanda; Sustainable reconciliation in divided societies.;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore the effectiveness of reconciliation in post-genocide peace building. Peace activists believe that reconciliation is necessary after a post-war conflict to ensure regeneration and lasting peace. READ MORE

  5. 24. Gender Groups and the Genocide Convention's Protected Groups

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Filip Hassellind; [2018-02-15]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the crime of genocide in connectivity to ‘gendercides’. Its aim is to investigate whether including gender groups as a protected group in the Genocide Convention is theoretically plausible. READ MORE

  6. 25. At the Endpoint of Violence : A comparative study between the genocide in Bosnia Herzegovina and the conflict in Georgian Abkhazia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Linnea Lönnberg; [2018]
    Keywords : genocide; violent escalation; genocidal intent; Bosnia-Hercegovina; Georgia; Abkhazia;

    Abstract : In an attempt to bridge the gap between theories of violent escalation and those of genocide, this paper theorizes genocide to be a strategic choice by leaders in response to a situation which they perceive to lack alternatives. This situation is expected to evolve out of a violent escalation, more precisely civil war. READ MORE